Milne Land M13/36 + (composite count): Tithonian, Greenland
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Cephalopoda
- Ammonoidea
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Ammonoidea indet.
Zittel 1884
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4 specimens | |||||||||
ammonites | ||||||||||
Cephalopoda
- Belemnitida
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Belemnitida indet.
Zittel 1895
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9 specimens | |||||||||
belemnites | ||||||||||
Scaphopoda
- Dentaliida
- Dentaliidae
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Dentalium sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Gastropoda
- Neritidae
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Neritinidae indet.
Poey 1852
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1 specimen | |||||||||
spelled with current rank as Neritininae | ||||||||||
"neritinid sp. C" | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Pseudomelaniidae
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Pseudomelania sp.
Pictet and Campiche 1862
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Gryphaeidae
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Liostrea plastica
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2 specimens | |||||||||
Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Pinnidae
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Pinna lanceolota
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9 specimens | |||||||||
Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Malleidae
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Isognomon volaticum
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23 specimens | |||||||||
Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Buchiidae
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Buchia mosquensis
(White 1885)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
synonym of Buchia piochii | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Oxytomidae
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Oxytoma inequivalve
(Sowerby 1819)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
recombined as Oxytoma inequivalvis | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Entoliidae
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Entolium orbiculare
(Sowerby 1817)
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28 specimens | |||||||||
Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Pectinidae
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Camptonectes morini
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2 specimens | |||||||||
Camptonectes praecinctus
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11 specimens | |||||||||
Bivalvia
- Arcida
- Parallelodontidae
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Grammatodon schourovskii
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4 specimens | |||||||||
Bivalvia
- Lucinida
- Lucinidae
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Discomiltha informal sp. A
Chavan 1952
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1 specimen | |||||||||
sp. A | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Thraciida
- Thraciidae
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Thracia depressa
(Sowerby 1823)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Bivalvia
- Pholadida
- Pleuromyidae
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Pleuromya uralensis
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2 specimens | |||||||||
original and current combination Myacites (Pleuromya) | ||||||||||
Pleuromya uniformis
Sowerby 1813
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6 specimens | |||||||||
Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Arcticidae
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Isocyprina birkelundi
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41 specimens | |||||||||
Hartwellia sp.
Kitchin 1926
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5 specimens | |||||||||
Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Cardiidae
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Protocardia striatula
Sowerby 1829
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Rhynchonellata
- Terebratulida
- Boreiothyrididae
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Taimyrothyris sp.
Dagys 1968
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34 specimens | |||||||||
Polychaeta
- Sabellida
- Serpulidae
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Serpula intestinalis
Gmelin 1791
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6 specimens | |||||||||
subgenus Cycloserpula | ||||||||||
Crinoidea
- Isocrinida
- Pentacrinitidae
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Pentacrinites sp.
Blumenbach 1804
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2 specimens | |||||||||
ossicles | ||||||||||
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 13/36 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 |
Collection method comments: "(composite count)" | |
Taxonomic list comments:belemnites and ammonites counted but not identified |
Metadata
Database number: | 1271 | ||
Authorizer: | F. Fursich | Enterer: | F. Fursich |
Modifier: | M. Clapham | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
Created: | 1999-03-28 16:41:05 | Last modified: | 2017-07-04 12:39:44 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 1999-03-28 16:41:05 |
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] |