Turritellakloft, Agatdalen, Abraham Member, Nugssuaq, Greenland: Selandian, Greenland
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Flabellidae
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Flabellum groenlandicum
Floris 1972
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83 specimens | |||||||||
synonym of Flabellum anderssoni | ||||||||||
Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Caryophylliidae
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Faksephyllia faxoensis
(Beck 1835)
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14 specimens | |||||||||
Caryophyllia sp.
Lamarck 1801
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4 specimens | |||||||||
sp. A | ||||||||||
Caryophyllia andreasi
Floris 1972
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24 specimens | |||||||||
synonym of Caryophyllia konincki | ||||||||||
Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Oculinidae
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Oculina becki
(Nielsen 1922)
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250 specimens | |||||||||
see common names |
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 |
Key time interval: | Selandian | ||
Age range of interval: | 61.60000 - 59.20000 m.y. ago |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | lithified tuff |
Environment: | deltaic indet. |
Taphonomy
Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods: | field collection |
Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Metadata
Database number: | 69608 | ||
Authorizer: | W. Kiessling | Enterer: | U. Merkel | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
Created: | 2007-02-28 06:41:00 | Last modified: | 2007-02-28 08:41:01 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2007-02-28 06:40:59 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
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] |