Kap Stosch Exotic Blocks (Permian of Greenland)

Where: Greenland (74.0° N, 21.7° W: paleocoordinates 31.2° N, 14.6° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Wegener Halvo Formation, Wuchiapingian (259.9 - 254.2 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lithified limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: C. O. Dunbar. 1955. Permian brachiopod faunas of central east Greenland. Meddelelser om Grønland 110(3):1-169 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 107436: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 08.04.2011

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Taxonomic list

Cephalopoda
 Goniatitida - Cyclolobidae
Cyclolobus kullingi1 Frebold 1932 ammonite
Bivalvia
 Myalinida - Myalinidae
Liebea squamosa2 Sowerby 1829 clam
Strophomenata
 Orthotetida - Schuchertellidae
 Productida - Productidae
Rhynchonellata
 Athyridida - Athyrididae
Lingulata
 Lingulida - Discinidae
Orbiculoidea "sp. A" d'Orbigny 1847