Spath Plateau, between River 14 and 16: Wuchiapingian, Greenland
collected by Lauge Koch 1930-1934

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Elonichthyiformes - Acrolepidae
Plegmolepis kochi n. gen., n. sp. Aldinger 1937
Elonichthyiformes - Elonichthyidae
Elonichthys punctatus Aldinger 1937
Palaeonisciformes - Pygopteridae
Pygopterus nielseni Aldinger 1937
Palaeonisciformes - Platysomidae
Platysomus sp. Agassiz 1833
see common names

Geography
Country:Greenland
Coordinates: 74.0° North, 21.4° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:30.9° North, 14.8° East
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period: Permian Epoch: Lopingian
Stage: Wuchiapingian 10 m.y. bin: Permian 4
Key time interval: Wuchiapingian
Age range of interval: 259.51 - 254.14 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Ravnefjeld
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Stratigraphy comments: Posidonomya-schiefer. Fish mostly (entirely?) derive from lower carbonate band.
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified "siliciclastic"
Environment:marine indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body,adpression
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Collectors:Lauge Koch Collection dates:1930-1934
Metadata
Database number:121973
Authorizer:M. Clapham Enterer:M. Clapham
Modifier:M. Clapham Research group:vertebrate
Created:2011-12-13 12:00:11 Last modified:2013-11-25 13:02:06
Access level:the public Released:2011-12-13 12:00:11
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
38798. H. Aldinger. 1937. Permische ganoidfische aus Ostgrönland. Meddelelser om Grønland 102(3):1-392 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]