Varde Kloft 382m: Pliensbachian, Greenland
collected by A. Rosenkrantz , 1926
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Cephalopoda
- Belemnitida
- Belemnitidae
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Belemnites indet.
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| big belemnite-phragmocones | ||||||||||
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Cephalopoda
- Belemnitida
- Megateuthididae
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Megateuthis sp.
Bayle 1878
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Gastropoda
- Tegulidae
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Trochus aff. torulosus
Philippi 1843
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| synonym of Cantallocostoma quadricostatum | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Patellidae
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Patella sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Bivalvia
- Pholadomyida
- Pholadomyidae
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Arcomya aff. longa
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Bivalvia
- Pholadida
- Pleuromyidae
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Pleuromya aff. elongata
(Schlotheim 1822)
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Bivalvia
- Carditida
- Astartidae
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Astarte madseni
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Bivalvia
- Mytilida
- Mytilidae
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Modiola sp.
Lamarck 1801
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| corrected as Modiolus | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Pectinidae
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Camptonectes aff. sublaevigatus
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Oxytomidae
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Oxytoma inaequivalve
(Sowerby 1819)
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| recombined as Oxytoma inequivalvis | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Limidae
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Lima (Pseudolimea) cf. boonei
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Anomiidae
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Placunopsis aff. gingensis
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Entoliidae
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Entolium demissum
(Phillips 1835)
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| recombined as Entolium demissus | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Bakevelliidae
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Gervillia sp.
Defrance 1820
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Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Pinnidae
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Pinna cf. opalina
Quenstedt 1858
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Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Gryphaeidae
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Liostrea cf. erina
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Rhynchonellata
- Rhynchonellida
- Rhynchonellidae
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Rhynchonella cf. lineata
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| cf. Rhynchonella lineata | ||||||||||
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Rhynchonellata
- Terebratulida
- Zeilleriidae
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Ornithella cf. sarthacensis
(d'Orbigny 1850)
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| recombined as Zeilleria (Zeilleria) sarthacensis | ||||||||||
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Rhynchonellata
- Terebratulida
- Loboidothyrididae
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Loboidothyris sp.
Buckman 1917
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Geography
| Country: | Greenland |
| Coordinates: | 70.7° North, 22.7° West (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 52.3° North, 5.7° East |
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map |
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Jurassic | Epoch: | Early/Lower Jurassic |
| Stage: | Pliensbachian | 10 m.y. bin: | Jurassic 2 |
| Key time interval: | Pliensbachian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 192.90000 - 184.20000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | coarse,white,yellow lithified calcareous sandstone |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: coarse, yellowish to whitish, calcaerous arkose-sandstones often containing big quartz grains. Looser beds alternate with hard, projecting beds | |
| Environment: | marine indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | field collection | ||
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis | ||
| Collectors: | A. Rosenkrantz | Collection dates: | August 29th and September 2nd, 1926 |
| Collection method comments: Repository: (presumed) University of Coppenhagen
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Metadata
| Database number: | 162065 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Clapham | Enterer: | M. Manojlovic |
| Modifier: | M. Manojlovic | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2014-09-18 23:24:44 | Last modified: | 2014-09-18 23:28:45 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2014-09-18 23:24:44 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 52706. | A. Rosenkrantz. 1934. The Lower Jurassic Rocks of East Greenland Part 1. Meddelelser Om Gronland 110(1):4-122 [M. Clapham/M. Manojlovic/M. Manojlovic] |