Breithorn Glacier (Biskop Alfs Glacier), Scoresby Land: Wuchiapingian, Greenland

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Cephalopoda - Nautilida - Permonautilidae
(1 measurement)
see common names

Geography
Country:Greenland
Coordinates: 71.9° North, 24.0° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:38.4° North, 22.3° East (Wright 2013)
Basis of coordinate:stated in text
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period: Permian Epoch: Lopingian
Stage: Wuchiapingian 10 m.y. bin: Permian 4
Key time interval: Wuchiapingian
Age range of interval: 259.51 - 254.14 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Foldvik Creek
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified sandy "limestone"
Lithology description: Fine stratified limestones, sandy towards the overlying beds
Environment:carbonate indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:mold/impression
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:field collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Metadata
Database number:86533
Authorizer:M. Clapham Enterer:M. Clapham
Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2009-02-07 11:45:07 Last modified:2025-02-22 15:12:02
Access level:the public Released:2009-02-07 11:45:07
Creative Commons license:CC0
Reference information

Primary reference:

29160. G. Tichy. 1975. On the first appearance of Permonautilus from the Foldvik Creek Formation (Upper Permian) of east Greenland. Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie, Monatshefte 1975(11):693-703 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]