Pal 4/2001 (Loc. 5), 9-10 m [Albrechts Bugt Mbr, Palnatokes Bjerg]: Early Valanginian, Greenland

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Polyptychitidae
Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Lytoceratidae
Lytoceras sp. Suess 1865
Cephalopoda - Belemnitida - Duvaliidae
Pseudobelus bipartitus Blainville 1827
Alsen and Mutterlose 2009
Alsen and Mutterlose 2009
see common names

Geography
Country:Greenland
Coordinates: 74.6° North, 19.8° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:51.4° North, 23.3° East (Wright 2013)
Basis of coordinate:stated in text
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period: Cretaceous Epoch: Early Cretaceous
Stage: Valanginian 10 m.y. bin: Cretaceous 1
Key time interval: Early Valanginian
Age range of interval: 137.05 - 132.6 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Geological group:Wollaston Forland Formation:Palnatokes Bjerg Member:Albrechts Bugt
Local section:Rødryggen Local bed:9.5 m
Local order:bottom to top
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Stratigraphy comments: STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From the Albrechts Bugt of the Palnatokes Bjerg, which conformably overlies the Bernbjerg Fm (Jurassic) and is overlain by the Rødryggen Mbr. AGE: Early Valanginian, on the basis of ammonoid and belemnoid biostratigraphy. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From between 9-10 m, near middle of section
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:concretionary poorly lithified siltstone
Lithology description: SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Concretionary unconsolidated siltstone. LITHIFICATION: Poorly lithified, base on facies description and figured specimens
Environment:offshore
Geology comments: ENVIRONMENT: Offshore siliciclastic marine setting.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:cast,mold/impression,concretion
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection excludes:some macrofossils
Collection methods:surface (in situ),field collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Collection method comments: COLLECTOR: P. Alsen, 1996-2001; and other workers: Donovan, 1950-1952; Surlyk, 1974, 1994; Piasecki, 1986. REPOSITORY: GMUH (Geological Museum, Copenhagen, Denmark).
Taxonomic list comments:COVERAGE: Exhaustive for ammonoidea. Other taxa, including belemnoidea and bivalvia are stated to be present but are not listed. NOMENCLATURE: Authoritative publication, with modern nomenclature, and species-resolution identifications.
Metadata
Database number:83684
Authorizer:A. Hendy, W. Kiessling Enterer:A. Hendy, U. Merkel
Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2008-08-26 12:18:54 Last modified:2025-02-22 15:12:02
Access level:the public Released:2008-08-26 12:18:54
Creative Commons license:CC0
Reference information

Primary reference:
28065. P. Alsen. 2006. The Early Cretaceous (Late Ryazanian-Early Hauterivian) ammonite fauna of North-East Greenland: taxonomy, biostratigraphy, and biogeography. Fossils and Strata 53:1-229 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]

Secondary references:

33295 P. Alsen and J. Mutterlose. 2009. The Early Cretaceous of north-east Greenland: a crossroads of belemnite migration. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 280:168-182 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]