Cape Stosch, Ridge III, Myalina kochi horizon: Induan, Greenland
collected by Nielsen 1932-1933
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Amphibia
- Temnospondyli
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Temnospondyli indet.
(von Zittel 1887)
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4 specimens | |||||||||
| MGUH VP At. 23-26 (At. 23 "probably Trematosaurine") | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Greenland | State/province: | Northeast Greenland National Park |
| Coordinates: | 74.0° North, 21.7° West (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 31.1° North, 12.3° East | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||
| Altitude: | 480 meters | ||
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Triassic | Epoch: | Early/Lower Triassic |
| Stage: | Induan | 10 m.y. bin: | Triassic 1 |
| Key time interval: | Induan | ||
| Age range of interval: | 251.90200 - 251.20000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Wordy Creek | ||||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: From the "Myalina kochi" horizon of the Anodontophora fassaensis beds, youngest of the Wordy Creek temnospondyl yielding horizons. Earliest Triassic (Induan) in age. | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | sandy claystone |
| Secondary lithology: | sandstone |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Environment: | coastal indet. |
| Geology comments: Nearshore marine environment | |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body,mold/impression |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | mechanical,survey of museum collection | ||
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis | ||
| Collectors: | Nielsen | Collection dates: | 1932-1933 |
| Collection method comments: MGUH: Museum Geologicum Universitatis Hafniensis, Copenhagen | |||
Metadata
| Also known as: | Kap Stosch | ||
| Database number: | 143876 | ||
| Authorizer: | R. Butler | Enterer: | R. Butler | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2013-04-26 18:45:19 | Last modified: | 2013-04-26 03:45:19 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2013-04-26 18:45:19 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 46549. | G. Säve-Söderbergh. 1935. On the dermal bones of the head in labyrinthodont stegocephalians and primitive Reptilia, with special reference to Eotriassic stegocephalians from East Greenland. Meddelelser om Grønland 98(3):1-211 [R. Butler/R. Butler] |