Vesterdalen Locality 38-905: Holocene, Greenland
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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unclassified
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Oichnus sp.
Bromley 1981
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C category | ||||||
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Thecostraca
- Balanomorpha
- Balanidae
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Balanus balanus
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R category | ||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Buccinidae
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Buccinum cf. finmarchianum
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R category | ||||||
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= Buccinum finmarkianum
Verkrüzen 1875
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Hendy et al. 2008 | ||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Conidae
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? Oenopota trevelliana
(Turton 1834)
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R category | ||||||
| synonym of Curtitoma reticulata | |||||||
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Gastropoda
- Naticidae
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Lunatia pallida
(Broderip and Sowerby 1829)
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R category | ||||||
| recombined as Euspira pallida | |||||||
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Bivalvia
- Nuculanida
- Sareptidae
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Portlandia arctica
(Gray 1824)
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R category | ||||||
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Bivalvia
- Lucinida
- Thyasiridae
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Axinopsida orbiculata
(Sars 1878)
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R category | ||||||
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Bivalvia
- Pholadida
- Myidae
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Mya truncata
Linnaeus 1758
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A category | ||||||
| recombined as Mya (Mya) truncata | |||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Cardiidae
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Clinocardium ciliatum
(Fabricius 1780)
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R category | ||||||
| recombined as Clinocardium (Ciliatocardium) ciliatum | |||||||
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Serripes groenlandicus
Mohr 1786
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C category | ||||||
| recombined as Serripes (Serripes) groenlandicus | |||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Tellinidae
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Macoma calcarea
(Gmelin 1792)
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A category | ||||||
| recombined as Macoma (Macoma) calcarea | |||||||
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Bivalvia
- Hiatellida
- Hiatellidae
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Hiatella arctica
(Linnaeus 1767)
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R category | ||||||
| see common names | |||||||
Geography
| Country: | Greenland |
| Coordinates: | 69.9° North, 54.8° West (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 69.9° North, 54.8° West |
| Basis of coordinate: | stated in text |
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Quaternary | Epoch: | Holocene |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 | ||
| Key time interval: | Holocene | ||
| Age range of interval: | 0.01170 - 0.00000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Stratigraphic resolution: | formation | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: 15-22m above sea level | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | unlithified "siliciclastic" |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: Shell-bearing marine deposits | |
| Environment: | marine indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection excludes: | some microfossils |
| Reason for describing collection: | biostratigraphic analysis |
Metadata
| Also known as: | GCI 74-905 | ||
| Database number: | 75213 | ||
| Authorizer: | A. Miller, A. Hendy | Enterer: | K. Bulinski, A. Hendy | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2007-09-26 16:32:49 | Last modified: | 2007-09-26 19:32:49 |
| Access level: | authorizer only | Released: | 2007-09-26 16:32:49 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 25361. | O. Bennike, K.B. Hansen, K.L. Knudsen, D.N. Penney, and K.L. Rasmussen. 1994. Quaternary marine stratigraphy and geochronology in central West Greenland. Boreas 23:194-215 [A. Miller/K. Bulinski] |
Secondary references:
| 19909 | A. J. W. Hendy, D. P. Buick, K. V. Bulinski, C. A. Ferguson, and A. I. Miller. 2008. Unpublished census data from Atlantic coastal plain and circum-Caribbean Neogene assemblages and taxonomic opinions. [A. Hendy/A. Hendy/A. Hendy] |