Kangersôq river bed: Maastrichtian, Greenland
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Malacostraca
- Decapoda
- Mecochiridae
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Mecochirus rostratus
Collins and Wienberg Rasmussen 1992
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1 specimen | ||||||
see common names |
Geography
Country: | Greenland |
Coordinates: | 70.5° North, 53.1° West (view map) |
Paleocoordinates: | 61.8° North, 17.8° West |
Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map |
Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
Period: | Cretaceous | Epoch: | Late Cretaceous |
Stage: | Maastrichtian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cretaceous 8 |
Key time interval: | Maastrichtian | ||
Age range of interval: | 72.1 - 66 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | concretionary lithified "siliciclastic" |
Environment: | marine indet. |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body,concretion |
Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Collection method comments: Repository: Natural History Museum of Denmark (MGUH) |
Metadata
Database number: | 149175 | ||
Authorizer: | C. Schweitzer, M. Clapham | Enterer: | E. Johnson, M. Clapham |
Modifier: | M. Clapham | Research group: | decapod,marine invertebrate |
Created: | 2013-07-30 08:42:48 | Last modified: | 2022-07-04 23:45:24 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2013-07-30 08:42:48 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
71421. | J. S. H. Collins and H. Wienberg Rasmussen. 1992. Upper Cretaceous - Lower Tertiary crustaceans from West Greenland. Grønlands Geologiske Undersøgelse Bulletin 162:1-46 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Clapham] |