Oyster-ammonite Conglomerate loc. II, Agatdalen, Nugssuaq: Maastrichtian, Greenland

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Scaphitidae
Scaphites (Discoscaphites) angmartussutensis Birkelund 1965
rare category
Scaphites (Discoscaphites) waagei Birkelund 1965
rare category
Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Tetragonitidae
Saghalinites wrighti Birkelund 1965
rare category
Malacostraca - Decapoda - Lyreididae
Lyreidus rosenkrantzi Collins and Wienberg Rasmussen 1992
Collins and Wienberg Rasmussen 1992
Malacostraca - Decapoda - Homolidae
Collins and Wienberg Rasmussen 1992 4 specimens
Malacostraca - Decapoda - Mecochiridae
Mecochirus rostratus n. sp. Collins and Wienberg Rasmussen 1992
Collins and Wienberg Rasmussen 1992 1863 specimens
see common names

Geography
Country:Greenland
Coordinates: 70.6° North, 53.1° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:61.8° North, 17.8° West
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period: Cretaceous Epoch: Late Cretaceous
Stage: Maastrichtian 10 m.y. bin: Cretaceous 8
Key time interval: Maastrichtian
Age range of interval: 72.1 - 66 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:concretionary lithified calcareous "shale"
Lithology description: 'derived Maastrichtian calcareous concretions in a shaly matrix'
Environment:offshore
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:mold/impression
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Preservation of anatomical detail:good
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:survey of museum collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Collection method comments: 'Most of the material described in this paper was collected during the Nugssuaq Expeditions in 1938-1939 and during the current geological mapping of Svartenhuk and Nugssuaq under the auspices of the Geological Survey of Greenland. Both were carried out under the leadership of Professor A. Rosenkrantz.' The author himself joined two of the expeditions.
Repository: Natural History Museum of Denmark (MGUH)
Metadata
Also known as:Agatkløft, 405-410 m
Database number:70221
Authorizer:M. Aberhan, M. Clapham Enterer:S. Nurnberg, M. Clapham
Modifier:M. Clapham Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2007-03-20 06:24:49 Last modified:2022-07-04 22:54:29
Access level:the public Released:2007-03-20 06:24:49
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

23575. T. Birkelund. 1965. Ammonites from the Upper Cretaceous of West Greenland. Meddelelser om Grønland 179(7):1-192 [M. Aberhan/S. Nurnberg]

Secondary references:

71421 J. S. H. Collins and H. Wienberg Rasmussen. 1992. Upper Cretaceous - Lower Tertiary crustaceans from West Greenland. Grønlands Geologiske Undersøgelse Bulletin 162:1-46 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Clapham]