Locality 185, N Mols Bjerge, Traill Ø: Early Valanginian, Greenland

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida
Harper et al. 2005
(1 measurement)
Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Sellithyrididae
Moutonithyris moutoniana (d'Orbigny 1849)
Harper et al. 2005
(1 measurement)
Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Pygopidae
Pygope janitor (Pictet 1867)
Harper et al. 2005
Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Basiliolidae
Harper et al. 2005
Cephalopoda - Ammonoida - Neocomitidae
Cephalopoda - Ammonoida - Polyptychitidae
Polyptychites sp. Pavlow 1892
Surites sp. Sazonov 1951
Tollia sp. Pavlow 1914
Menjaites sp. Sazonova 1971
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Buchiidae
Buchia sp. Rouillier 1845
Harper et al. 2005
see common names

Geography
Country:Greenland
Coordinates: 72.6° North, 22.5° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:49.5° North, 21.9° East (Wright 2013)
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period: Cretaceous Epoch: Early Cretaceous
Stage: Valanginian 10 m.y. bin: Cretaceous 1
Key time interval: Early Valanginian Ammonoid zone:  Delphinites (Pseudogarnieria) undulatoplicatilis
Age range of interval: 137.05 - 132.6 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Palnatokes Bjerg Member:Albrechts Bugt
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified "limestone"
Lithology description: hard, grey limestone blocks in a series of dark shales
Environment:offshore shelf
Geology comments: Albrechts Bugt Member was deposited near the crest of a filled half-graben basin
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:mold/impression
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:field collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Collection method comments: Repository: Geological Museum, Copenhagen (GPUH)
Metadata
Database number:62562
Authorizer:W. Kiessling Enterer:U. Merkel
Modifier:M. Clapham Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2006-07-24 07:36:24 Last modified:2025-02-22 15:12:02
Access level:the public Released:2006-07-24 07:36:24
Creative Commons license:CC0
Reference information

Primary reference:
18051. P. Alsen and P. F. Rawson. 2005. The Early Valanginian (Early Cretaceous) ammonite Delphinites (Pseudogarnieria) from North-East Greenland. Bulletin of the Geological Society of Denmark 52(2):201-212 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]

Secondary references:

18075 D. A. T. Harper, P. Alsen, E. F. Owen and M. R. Sandy. 2005. Early Cretaceous brachiopods from North-East Greenland: Biofacies and biogeography. Bulletin of the Geological Society of Denmark 52(2):213-225 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]