E Stratumbjerg, Wollaston Forland, Palnatokes Bjerg Formation, E Greenland: Valanginian, Greenland
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Buchiidae
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Buchia sp.
Rouillier 1845
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Rhynchonellata
- Rhynchonellida
- Basiliolidae
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Lacunosella groenlandica
Owen 1976
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Geography
| Country: | Greenland |
| Coordinates: | 74.5° North, 20.3° West (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 58.7° North, 12.2° East |
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark |
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Cretaceous | Epoch: | Early/Lower Cretaceous |
| Stage: | Valanginian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cretaceous 1 |
| Key time interval: | Valanginian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 139.80000 - 132.60000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Palnatokes Bjerg | ||||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: Albrechts Bugt and Rodryggen member | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | lithified mudstone |
| Secondary lithology: | lithified sandstone |
| Lithology description: mudstone with numerous thin centimetre thick, silty to fine sand layers and occasional coquina-like shell concentrations | |
| Environment: | offshore shelf |
Taphonomy
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 62644 | ||
| Authorizer: | W. Kiessling | Enterer: | U. Merkel | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2006-07-25 01:34:55 | Last modified: | 2006-07-25 04:34:55 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2006-07-25 01:34:54 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 18075. | D. A. T. Harper, P. Alsen, E. F. Owen and M. R. Sandy. 2005. Early Cretaceous brachiopods from North-East Greenland: Biofacies and biogeography. Bulletin of the Geological Society of Denmark 52(2):213-225 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel] |