Qaersutjaegerdal, Agatdalen, Nugssuaq, Greenland: Selandian, Greenland
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Gastropoda
- Opisthobranchia
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Nipteraxis sp.
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Gastropoda
- Opisthobranchia
- Scaphandridae
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Ellipsoscapha sp.
Stephenson 1941
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Gastropoda
- Neotaenioglossa
- Calyptraeidae
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Crepidula sp.
Lamarck 1799
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Gastropoda
- Epitoniidae
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? Coniscala sp.
de Boury 1887
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| spelled with current rank as Epitonium (Coniscala) | |||||||
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Gastropoda
- Turritellidae
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Turritella sp.
Lamarck 1799
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Mesalia sp.
Gray 1847
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Gastropoda
- Hipponicidae
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Hipponix sp.
(Defrance 1819)
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Gastropoda
- Naticidae
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Lunatia sp.
Gray 1847
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Polinices sp.
Monfort 1810
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Amaurellina sp.
Fischer 1885
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Gastropoda
- Ficidae
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Ficus sp.
Röding 1798
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Fulguroficus sp.
Grabau 1904
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| spelled with current rank as Ficopsis (Fulguroficus) | |||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Cancellariidae
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Merica sp.
Adams and Adams 1854
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| spelled with current rank as Cancellaria (Merica) | |||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Turridae
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Hemipleurotoma sp.
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| synonym of Gemmula | |||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Borsoniidae
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Pseudotoma sp.
Bellardi 1875
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| spelled with current rank as Genota (Pseudotoma) | |||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Clavatulidae
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Turricula sp.
Schumacher 1817
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Crenaturricula sp.
Vokes 1939
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| spelled with current rank as Turricula (Crenaturricula) | |||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Melongenidae
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Sycostoma sp.
Cox 1931
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Fasciolariidae
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Fusinus sp.
Rafinesque 1815
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Boltenella sp.
Wade 1917
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Buccinidae
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cf. Trophonopsis sp.
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| spelled with current rank as Neptunea (Trophonopsis) | |||||||
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Cominella sp.
Gray 1850
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Siphonalia sp.
Adams 1863
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Penion sp.
Fischer 1884
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Pseudoliva sp.
Swainson 1840
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Pollia sp.
Sowerby 1843
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| spelled with current rank as Cantharus (Pollia) | |||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Volutidae
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Volutocorbis sp.
Dall 1890
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| spelled with current rank as Athleta (Volutocorbis) | |||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
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cf. Haplovoluta sp.
Wade 1918
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Costellariidae
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Conomitra sp.
Conrad 1865
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Olividae
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Ancilla sp.
Lamarck 1799
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Gastropoda
- Vanikoridae
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Vanikoropsis sp.
Meek 1876
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Gastropoda
- Lepetellida
- Fissurellidae
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Semperia sp.
Crosse 1867
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| spelled with current rank as Emarginula (Semperia) | |||||||
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Diodora sp.
Gray 1821
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Gastropoda
- Heterostropha
- Acteonidae
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Nonacteonina sp.
(Stephenson 1941)
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| original and current combination Nonactaeonina | |||||||
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Ravniella groenlandica
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| spelled with current rank as Tornatellaea (Ravniella) | |||||||
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Gastropoda
- Heterostropha
- Grandipatulidae
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cf. Grandipatula sp.
Cossmann 1889
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Gastropoda
- Patellidae
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Patella sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Flabellidae
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Flabellum groenlandicum
Floris 1972
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| synonym of Flabellum anderssoni | |||||||
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Oculinidae
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Oculina becki
(Nielsen 1922)
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Floris 1972 | ||||||
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Rhizangiidae
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Astrangia (Coenangia) cf. cretacea
(Bölsche 1870)
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Floris 1972 | ||||||
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Geography
| Country: | Greenland |
| Coordinates: | 70.6° North, 53.1° West (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 62.9° North, 23.0° West |
| 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: | 61.60000 - 59.20000 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: | 2002-07-04 06:11:21 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2002-07-04 03:11:08 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
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] |