Milne Land M1/20: Tithonian, Greenland
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Rhynchonellata
- Terebratulida
- Boreiothyrididae
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Taimyrothyris sp.
Dagys 1968
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1 specimen | ||||||
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Scaphopoda
- Dentaliida
- Dentaliidae
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Dentalium sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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22 specimens | ||||||
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Bivalvia
- Arcida
- Parallelodontidae
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Grammatodon schourovski
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4 specimens | ||||||
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Bivalvia
- Myalinida
- Inoceramidae
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Inoceramus sp.
Sowerby 1814
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1 specimen | ||||||
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Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Pinnidae
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Pinna lanceolota
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2 specimens | ||||||
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Pectinidae
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Camptonectes morini
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2 specimens | ||||||
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Buchiidae
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Buchia mosquensis
(White 1885)
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1 specimen | ||||||
| synonym of Buchia piochii | |||||||
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Bivalvia
- Carditida
- Astartidae
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Eriphyla saemanni
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3 specimens | ||||||
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Bivalvia
- Pholadida
- Pleuromyidae
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Pleuromya uniformis
Sowerby 1813
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5 specimens | ||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Cardiidae
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Protocardia striatula
Sowerby 1829
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17 specimens | ||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Arcticidae
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Hartwellia groenlandica
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12 specimens | ||||||
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Hartwellia kharoschovensis
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4 specimens | ||||||
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Bivalvia
- Thraciida
- Thraciidae
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Thracia depressa
(Sowerby 1823)
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25 specimens | ||||||
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Bivalvia
- Nuculanida
- Nuculanidae
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Mesosaccella choroschowensis
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2 specimens | ||||||
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Cephalopoda
- Belemnitida
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Belemnitida indet.
Zittel 1895
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2 specimens | ||||||
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Cephalopoda
- Ammonoidea
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Ammonoidea indet.
Zittel 1884
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15 specimens | ||||||
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Gastropoda
- Patellida
- Acmaeidae
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Pseudorhytidopilus sp.
Cox 1960
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1 specimen | ||||||
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unclassified
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Planolites sp.
Nicholson 1873
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Thalassinoides suevicus
(Rieth 1932)
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Geography
| Country: | Greenland |
| Coordinates: | 70.5° North, 22.0° West (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 55.0° North, 11.1° East |
| Basis of coordinate: | based on political unit |
Time
| Period: | Jurassic | Epoch: | Late/Upper Jurassic |
| Stage: | Tithonian | 10 m.y. bin: | Jurassic 6 | *Epoch: | Malm |
| *International age/stage: | Volgian | ||
| Key time interval: | Tithonian | Zone: | Middle Volgian |
| Age range of interval: | 149.20000 - 145.00000 m.y. ago | ||
| * legacy (obsolete) database fields | |||
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Kap Leslie | Member: | Astartedal | ||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: M 1/20 bed
see Birkelund, T. et al. 1984. Gronlands geol. Undersog. Bull. 147 | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | dunes sandstone | ||
| Environment: | transition zone/lower shoreface | Tectonic setting: | cratonic basin |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body,trace |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | bulk,mechanical |
| Reason for describing collection: | paleoecologic analysis |
| Taxonomic list comments:belemnites and ammonites counted but not identified | |
Metadata
| Database number: | 1219 | ||
| Authorizer: | F. Fursich | Enterer: | F. Fursich |
| Modifier: | M. Clapham | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 1999-03-28 10:31:14 | Last modified: | 2017-07-04 12:26:37 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 1999-03-28 10:31:14 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 37. | F. T. Fürsich and D. K. Pandey. 1999. Genesis and environmental significance of Upper Cretaceous shell concentrations from the Cauvery Basin, southern India. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 145(1):119-139(21) [F. Fursich/F. Fursich/P. Wagner] |