Kuhn O, section 5, East Greenland: Tithonian, Greenland
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Buchiidae
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Geography
| Country: | Greenland |
| Coordinates: | 74.8° North, 20.3° West (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 50.5° North, 13.6° East (Wright 2013) |
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map |
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Jurassic | Epoch: | Late Jurassic |
| Stage: | Tithonian | 10 m.y. bin: | Jurassic 6 |
| Key time interval: | Tithonian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 149.2 - 143.1 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Lindemans Bugt | Member: | Laugeites Ravine | ||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: Middle Volgian; Laugeites groenlandicus-(Epilaugeites vogolicus) Zone | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | lithified "siliciclastic" |
| Lithology description: Middle Volgian to Valanginian Wollaston Forland Group composed of relatively deep-water conglomerates and mudstones. | |
| Environment: | offshore shelf |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | cast,mold/impression |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 59203 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Aberhan | Enterer: | S. Nurnberg |
| Modifier: | S. Nurnberg | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2006-03-21 03:36:12 | Last modified: | 2025-02-22 15:12:02 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2006-03-21 03:36:12 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC0 |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 16930. | F. Surlyk and V. A. Zakharov. 1982. Buchiid bivalves from the Upper Jurassic and Lower Cretaceous of East Greenland. Palaeontology 25(4):727-753 [M. Aberhan/S. Nurnberg] |