Melemkløft: Late/Upper Pleistocene, Greenland

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
Cylicna alba
Arsinopsis orbiculata
Gastropoda - Naticidae
Natica sp. Scopoli 1777
Natica clausa Broderip and Sowerby 1829
synonym of Cryptonatica affinis
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Buccinidae
Buccinum hydrophanum
Buccinum undatum Linnaeus 1758
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae
Trophon clathratus (Linnaeus 1767)
recombined as Boreotrophon clathratus
Sipho togatus
spelled with current rank as Trophon (Sipho)
Trophon truncatus (Ström 1768)
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Conidae
Bela violacea (Mighels and Adams 1842)
recombined as Curtitoma violacea
Gastropoda - Patellida - Lottiidae
Acmaea (Tectura) rubella (Fabricius 1780)
recombined as Erginus rubellus
Gastropoda - Patellida - Lepetidae
Lepeta coeca
Bivalvia - Mytilida - Mytilidae
Mytilus edulis Linnaeus 1758
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinidae
Pecten islandicus (Müller 1776)
original and current combination Ostrea islandicus
Bivalvia - Carditida - Astartidae
Astarte elliptica (Brown 1827)
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae
Cardium ciliatum Fabricius 1780
recombined as Clinocardium (Ciliatocardium) ciliatum
Serripes groenlandicum
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Tellinidae
Macoma calcarea (Gmelin 1792)
recombined as Macoma (Macoma) calcarea
Bivalvia - Pholadida - Myidae
Mya truncata Linnaeus 1758
recombined as Mya (Mya) truncata
Bivalvia - Hiatellida - Hiatellidae
Cyrtodaria siliqua (Spengler 1793)
Saxicava arctica (Linnaeus 1767)
recombined as Hiatella arctica
Bivalvia - Nuculida - Nuculidae
Nucula tenuis
original and current combination Nucula
Thecostraca - Balanomorpha - Balanidae
Balanus balanus
Balanus hammeri
Balanus crenatus Bruguière 1789
Malacostraca - Decapoda - Oregoniidae
Hyas ? aranaeus
Echinoidea - Camarodonta - Strongylocentrotidae
Strongylocentrotus drobachiensis
Ophiuroidea - Ophiurida - Ophiuridae
Ophiura robusta
Ophiura sp. Lamarck 1801
Ophiura sarsii Lütken 1856
Actinopteri - Gadiformes - Gadidae
Gadus callarias
Reptilia - Charadriiformes - Alcidae
Uria uria
Mammalia - Cervidae
Rangifer tarandus (Linnaeus 1758)
Mammalia - Carnivora - Phocidae
Phoca groenlandica Erxleben 1777
recombined as Pagophilus groenlandica
see common names

Geography
Country:Greenland
Coordinates: 70.6° North, 52.4° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:70.6° North, 52.4° West
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Time
Period:Quaternary Epoch:Pleistocene
Stage:Late/Upper Pleistocene 10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 6
Key time interval:Late/Upper Pleistocene
Age range of interval:0.12900 - 0.01170 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: unlithified sandstone
Secondary lithology: unlithified gravel
Environment:coastal indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Metadata
Database number:227031
Authorizer:M. Uhen Enterer:M. Uhen
Research group:vertebrate
Created:2022-08-23 10:46:47 Last modified:2022-08-23 10:46:47
Access level:the public Released:2022-08-23 10:46:47
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
82225. D. Laursen. 1944. Contributions to the Quaternary geology of northern West Greenland especially the raised marine deposits. Meddelelser om Grønland 135(8):1-125 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]