Tuapaussat: Danian, Greenland

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
Clavilites informal sp. n.
Bonnelitia informal sp. n.
Gastropoda
? Margarita steenstrupi
Gastropoda - Epitoniidae
Acirsa (Hemiacirsa) informal n. sp
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Olividae
Ancilla (Sparella) informal sp. n. (Gray 1857)
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Fasciolariidae
Taioma informal sp. n. Finlay and Marwick 1937
? Buccinofusus informal two species
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Clavatulidae
Turricula (Zemacies) informal sp. n. Schumacher 1817
Turricula (Surcula) informal three species
synonym of Turricula
Surcula (Cochlespira) aff. koeneni
synonym of Turricula
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Borsoniidae
Genota aff. brevior
Borsonia (Cordieria) informal sp. n. Bellardi 1839
Gastropoda - Aporrhaidae
Aporrhais (Aporrhais) informal n. sp.
Anchura (Kangilioptera) ravni n. sp. Rosenkrantz 1970
Gastropoda - Cassidae
"Galeodea" aff. elongata
Gastropoda - Ranellidae
Sassia informal sp. n. large form (Bellardi 1872)
Gastropoda - Naticidae
Lunatia sp. Gray 1847
Globisinum sp. Marwick 1924
Gastropoda - Vasidae
Tudicla (Tudicla) aff. carinata
Gastropoda - Opisthobranchia
Roxania informal sp. n. Leach In Gray 1847
Gastropoda - Opisthobranchia - Haminoeidae
Bulla (Haminea) informal 2 species
original and current combination Haminoea
Gastropoda - Opisthobranchia - Bullidae
? Bulla groenlandica
Gastropoda - Opisthobranchia - Retusidae
Retusa (Retusa) rugosa
Gastropoda - Opisthobranchia - Cylichnidae
Cylichna (Cylichnania) informal sp. n. Lovén 1846
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Ringiculidae
? Gilbertina sp. Morlett 1888
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Acteonidae
Crenilabium informal sp. n. Cossmann 1889
Tornatellaea (Ravniella) groenlandica n. sp.
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Mathildidae
Mathilda informal n. sp
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Gordenellidae
Promathilda (Chlathrobaculus) informal n. sp.
original and current combination Promathildia
Bivalvia - Solemyida - Solemyidae
Solemya informal n. sp.
Bivalvia - Nuculida - Nuculidae
Nucula planimarginata Meek and Hayden 1857
Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Nuculanidae
Nuculana sp. Link 1807
Bivalvia - Lucinida - Thyasiridae
Thyasira delorioli
Thyasira pfaffi
Thyasira informal sp. nov. Lamarck 1818
Thyasira (Conchocele) aff. conradi Rosenkrantz 1942
Bivalvia - Lucinida - Lucinidae
Lucina sp. Bruguière 1797
Bivalvia - Poromyida - Cuspidariidae
Cuspidaria sp. Dall 1886
Bivalvia - Pholadida - Teredinidae
Turnus informal sp. nov. Gabb 1864
Teredo sp. Linnaeus 1758
Bivalvia - Pholadida - Corbulidae
Corbula sp. Bruguière 1789
Bivalvia - Mytilida - Crenellidae
Crenella aff. stantoni
Bivalvia - Mytilida - Mytilidae
? Modiolaria sp. Loven 1846
Modiola informal large smooth sp.
corrected as Modiolus
Bivalvia - Arcida - Limopsidae
Limopsis rink
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinidae
Pecten pfaffi
Pecten (Chlamys) ataensis
original and current combination Chlamys
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Propeamussiidae
Propeamussium ignoratum
original and current combination Pecten (Propeamussium)
Scaphopoda - Gadilida - Gadilidae
Cadulus (Gadila) groenlandica
original and current combination Gadila
Scaphopoda - Dentaliida - Dentaliidae
Dentalium groenlandicum
Fissidentalium informal n. sp.
Scaphopoda - Dentaliida - Laevidentaliidae
Laevidentalium informal n. sp.
original and current combination Dentalium (Laevidentalium)
see common names

Geography
Country:Greenland
Coordinates: 70.3° North, 53.1° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:62.2° North, 20.9° West
Time
Period:Paleogene Epoch:Paleocene
Stage:Danian 10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 1
Key time interval:Danian
Age range of interval:66.00000 - 61.60000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Kangilia Member:Propeamussium
Stratigraphic resolution:formation
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:black "shale"
Lithology description: burnt shales
Environment:marine indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Metadata
Database number:177724
Authorizer:P. Wagner Enterer:P. Wagner
Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2016-04-09 00:06:11 Last modified:2016-04-09 00:06:11
Access level:the public Released:2016-04-09 00:06:11
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
58810. A. Rosenkrantz. 1970. Marine Upper Cretaceous and lowermost Tertiary deposits in West Greenland. Meddelelser Dansk Geologiske 9:406-453 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner]