Falskebugt, Wollaston Forland, Palnatokes Bjerg Formation, E Greenland: Valanginian, Greenland

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Terebrataliidae
unclassified
Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Sellithyrididae
Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Cyclothyrididae
see common names

Geography
Country:Greenland
Coordinates: 74.6° North, 19.3° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:51.9° North, 25.1° East (Wright 2013)
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period: Cretaceous Epoch: Early Cretaceous
Stage: Valanginian 10 m.y. bin: Cretaceous 1
Key time interval: Valanginian
Age range of interval: 137.05 - 132.6 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Palnatokes Bjerg Member:Falskebugt
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified sandstone
Secondary lithology: lithified conglomerate
Lithology description: coarse-grained sandy and conglomeratic facies
Environment:coastal indet.
Geology comments: a shallow water, near-shore environment
Taphonomy
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:field collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Metadata
Database number:62642
Authorizer:W. Kiessling Enterer:U. Merkel
Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2006-07-25 00:57:36 Last modified:2025-02-22 15:12:02
Access level:the public Released:2006-07-25 00:57:35
Creative Commons license:CC0
Reference information

Primary reference:
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]