Milne Land M13/29: Tithonian, Greenland

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
Macaronichnus segregatis
Bivalvia - Pholadomyida - Pholadomyidae
Pachymya sinuata
1 specimen
(Arcomya)
Bivalvia - Thraciida - Thraciidae
Thracia depressa (Sowerby 1823)
1 specimen
Bivalvia - Pholadida - Pleuromyidae
Pleuromya uniformis Sowerby 1813
4 specimens
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Arcticidae
Hartwellia borealis
8 specimens
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae
Protocardia striatula Sowerby 1829
1 specimen
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinidae
Camptonectes morini
2 specimens
Camptonectes praecinctus
2 specimens
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Entoliidae
Entolium orbiculare (Sowerby 1817)
1 specimen
synonym of Syncyclonema nilsoni
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Malleidae
Isognomon volaticum
1 specimen
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Pinnidae
Pinna lanceolota
1 specimen
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
Liostrea plastica
1 specimen
Bivalvia - Arcida - Parallelodontidae
Grammatodon schourovskii
23 specimens
Grammatodon keyserlingii d'Orbigny 1850
25 specimens
Lingulata - Lingulida - Discinidae
Orbiculoidea latissima
1 specimen
Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Boreiothyrididae
Taimyrothyris sp. Dagys 1968
342 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/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:Pernaryggen
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Stratigraphy comments: M 13/29 bed
see Birkelund, T. et al. 1984. Gronlands geol. Undersog. Bull. 147
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:bioturbation sandstone
Environment:offshore 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
Metadata
Database number:1261
Authorizer:F. Fursich Enterer:F. Fursich
Modifier:M. Clapham Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:1999-03-28 15:54:50 Last modified:2017-07-04 12:38:07
Access level:the public Released:1999-03-28 15:54:50
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]