South side of Turritellakløft: Maastrichtian, Greenland
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Malacostraca
- Decapoda
- Mecochiridae
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Mecochirus rostratus
Collins and Wienberg Rasmussen 1992
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1 specimen | ||||||
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Geography
| Country: | Greenland |
| Coordinates: | 70.6° North, 53.2° 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,mesofossils,microfossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Collection method comments: Repository: Natural History Museum of Denmark (MGUH) | |
Metadata
| Database number: | 149176 | ||
| Authorizer: | C. Schweitzer, M. Clapham | Enterer: | E. Johnson, M. Clapham |
| Modifier: | M. Clapham | Research group: | decapod,marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2013-07-30 08:59:00 | Last modified: | 2022-07-04 23:45:34 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2013-07-30 08:59:00 |
| 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] |