Milne Land M11/16: Tithonian, Greenland

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Boreiothyrididae
Taimyrothyris sp. Dagys 1968
59 specimens
unclassified
Belmenitida indet.
7 specimens
Gastropoda - Pleurotomariidae
Pleurotomaria sp. Defrance 1826
1 specimen
Bivalvia - Pholadida - Pleuromyidae
Pleuromya sp. (Meek 1873)
1 specimen
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Arcticidae
Hartwellia sp. Kitchin 1926
1 specimen
(Hartwellia)
Bivalvia - Arcida - Parallelodontidae
Grammatodon keyserlingii d'Orbigny 1850
5 specimens
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Buchiidae
Buchia mosquensis (White 1885)
5 specimens
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Entoliidae
Entolium orbiculare (Sowerby 1817)
2 specimens
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Malleidae
Isognomon volaticum
23 specimens
Cephalopoda - Ammonoidea
Ammonoidea indet. Zittel 1884
12 specimens
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 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: 149.2 - 145 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Formation:Kap Leslie Member:Pernaryggen
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Stratigraphy comments: M 11/16 bed
see Birkelund, T. et al. 1984. Gronlands geol. Undersog. Bull. 147
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:glauconitic sandstone
Environment:offshore 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
Taxonomic list comments:belemnites and ammonites counted but not identified
Metadata
Database number:1252
Authorizer:F. Fursich Enterer:F. Fursich
Modifier:M. Clapham Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:1999-03-28 15:24:36 Last modified:2017-07-04 12:36:36
Access level:the public Released:1999-03-28 15:24:36
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]