Milne Land M11/18b: Tithonian, Greenland

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
Thrassia depressa
4 specimens
Cephalopoda - Belemnitida
Belemnitida indet. Zittel 1895
1 specimen
belemnite
Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Nuculanidae
Mesosaccella choroschowensis
9 specimens
Bivalvia - Solemyida - Solemyidae
Solemya sp. Children 1823
1 specimen
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Arcticidae
Hartwellia kharoschowensis
1 specimen
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae
Protocardia striatula Sowerby 1829
2 specimens
Bivalvia - Pholadida - Corbulidae
Corbulomima sp. Vokes 1945
1 specimen
originally entered as "Corbulomina sp."
Bivalvia
Heterodonta indet. Neumayr 1884
1 specimen
shallow burrowing heterodont
Bivalvia - Arcida - Parallelodontidae
Grammatodon schourovskii
111 specimens
Scaphopoda - Dentaliida - Dentaliidae
Dentalium sp. Linnaeus 1758
4 specimens
unclassified
Chondrites sp. von Sternberg 1833
see common names

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 11/18b bed
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:bioturbation 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,field collection
Reason for describing collection:paleoecologic analysis
Taxonomic list comments:belemnites counted but not identified
Metadata
Database number:1251
Authorizer:F. Fursich Enterer:F. Fursich
Modifier:M. Clapham Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:1999-03-28 14:56:04 Last modified:2017-07-04 12:36:27
Access level:the public Released:1999-03-28 14:56:04
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]