Milne Land M3/1: Tithonian, Greenland
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Gastropoda
- Pleurotomariidae
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Leptomaria sp.
Eudes-Deslongchamps 1864
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
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Bivalvia indet.
Linnaeus 1758
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9 specimens | |||||||||
| large thick shelled bivalves, various genera | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Tancrediidae
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Tancredia sp.
Lycett 1850
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Trigoniida
- Myophorellidae
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Myophorella sp.
Bayle 1878
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Mytilida
- Mytilidae
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Modiolus elongatus
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22 specimens | |||||||||
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Lingulata
- Lingulida
- Lingulidae
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Lingula zeta
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10 specimens | |||||||||
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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: | Hartz Fjeld | Member: | Hennigryggen | ||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: M 3/1 bed
see Birkelund, T. et al. 1984. Gronlands geol. Undersog. Bull. 147 | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | sandstone | ||
| Environment: | transition zone/lower shoreface | Tectonic setting: | cratonic basin |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | bulk,mechanical,field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | paleoecologic analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 1226 | ||
| Authorizer: | F. Fursich | Enterer: | F. Fursich |
| Modifier: | M. Clapham | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 1999-03-28 11:01:25 | Last modified: | 2017-07-04 12:28:13 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 1999-03-28 11:01:25 |
| 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] |