Qaersutjaegerdal, Agatdalen, Nugssuaq, Greenland: Selandian, Greenland

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Oculinidae
Oculina becki (Nielsen 1922)
Floris 1972
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Rhizangiidae
Floris 1972
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Flabellidae
Floris 1972
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Acteonidae
Nonacteonina sp. (Stephenson 1941)
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Grandipatulidae
cf. Grandipatula sp. Cossmann 1889
Gastropoda - Lepetellida - Fissurellidae
Diodora sp. Gray 1821
Semperia sp. Crosse 1867
Gastropoda - Opisthobranchiata
Gastropoda - Opisthobranchiata - Scaphandridae
Ellipsoscapha sp. Stephenson 1941
Gastropoda - Neptuneidae
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Buccinidae
Pseudoliva sp. Swainson 1840
Penion sp. Fischer 1884
Pollia sp. Sowerby 1843
Cominella sp. Gray 1850
Siphonalia sp. Adams 1863
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Fasciolariidae
Fusinus sp. Rafinesque 1815
Boltenella sp. Wade 1917
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Melongenidae
Sycostoma sp. Cox 1931
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Volutidae
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Cancellariidae
Merica sp. Adams and Adams 1854
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Turridae
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Borsoniidae
Pseudotoma sp. Bellardi 1875
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Clavatulidae
Turricula sp. Schumacher 1817
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Olividae
Ancilla sp. Lamarck 1799
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Costellariidae
Conomitra sp. Conrad 1865
Gastropoda - Ficidae
Ficus sp. Röding 1798
Fulguroficus sp. Grabau 1904
Gastropoda - Naticidae
Amaurellina sp. Fischer 1885
Lunatia sp. Gray 1847
Polinices sp. Monfort 1810
Gastropoda - Hipponicidae
Hipponix sp. (Defrance 1819)
Gastropoda - Turritellidae
Mesalia sp. Gray 1847
Turritella sp. Lamarck 1799
Gastropoda - Epitoniidae
? Coniscala sp. de Boury 1887
Gastropoda - Neotaenioglossa - Calyptraeidae
Crepidula sp. Lamarck 1799
Gastropoda - Vanikoridae
Gastropoda - Patellidae
see common names

Geography
Country:Greenland
Coordinates: 70.6° North, 53.1° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:59.7° North, 7.0° West (Wright 2013)
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period: Paleogene Epoch: Paleocene
Stage: Selandian 10 m.y. bin: Cenozoic 1
*Period:Early/Lower Tertiary *Epoch:Middle Paleocene
Key time interval: Selandian
Age range of interval: 61.66 - 59.24 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Formation:Agatdal Member:Turritellakloft
Stratigraphic resolution:member
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:black lithified "shale"
Secondary lithology: lithified sandstone
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: Sandstone lense
Environment:deltaic indet.
Taphonomy
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection excludes:some macrofossils
Collection methods:mechanical,field collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Metadata
Database number:22945
Authorizer:W. Kiessling Enterer:W. Kiessling
Modifier:W. Kiessling Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2002-07-04 03:11:08 Last modified:2025-02-22 15:12:02
Access level:the public Released:2002-07-04 03:11:08
Creative Commons license:CC0
Reference information

Primary reference:
6604. H. A. Kollmann and J. S. Peel. 1983. Paleocene gastropods from Nûgssuaq, West Greenland. Grønlands Geologiske Undersøgelse, Bulletin 146:1-115 [W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling/M. Uhen]

Secondary references:

23353 S. Floris. 1972. Scleractinian corals from the Upper Cretaceous and Lower Tertiary of Nugssuaq, West Greenland. Meddelelser om Groenland 196(1):1-132 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel/U. Merkel]