East ridge of Walter Martin Bjerg Unit 2: Griesbachian, Greenland

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia
Bakewellia sp. (King 1848)
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Claraiidae
Claraia sp. Bittner 1901
Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Xenodiscidae
Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Xenoceltitidae
Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Ophiceratidae
rare
Ophiceras commune (Spath 1930)
Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Otoceratidae
Palaeonisciformes - Bobasatraniidae
see common names

Geography
Country:Greenland
Coordinates: 71.0° North, 23.0° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:40.9° North, 22.9° East (Wright 2013)
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Time
Period: Triassic Epoch: Early Triassic
Stage: Induan 10 m.y. bin: Triassic 1
Key time interval: Griesbachian
Age range of interval: 251.902 - 250.5 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Wordie Creek
Local section:D Local bed:Unit 2
Stratigraphy comments: Ammonoid fauna spans lower and upper Griesbachian
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:concretionary argillaceous,silty "shale"
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: 2-3m grey argillaceous to silty shales with large, ellipsoidal concretions
Environment:offshore
Taphonomy
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:surface (in situ),field collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Metadata
Database number:48061
Authorizer:A. McGowan Enterer:A. McGowan
Modifier:A. McGowan Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2005-03-11 08:47:09 Last modified:2025-02-22 15:12:02
Access level:the public Released:2005-03-11 08:47:08
Creative Commons license:CC0
Reference information

Primary reference:
12856. K. Grasmuck and R. Trümpy. 1969. Triassic stratigraphy and general geology of the country around Fleming Fjord. Meddeleser om Grønland 168(2):1-77 [A. McGowan/A. McGowan/M. Clapham]