Where: Greenland (70.5° N, 22.6° W: paleocoordinates 52.3° N, 6.4° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Early/Lower Pliensbachian (189.6 - 183.0 Ma)
• based on Lytoceras fimbriatum
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; lithified, fine-grained, ferruginous, micaceous, gray, green, calcareous sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Collected by A. Rosenkrantz in 10th, 1926
• Repository: (presumed) University of Coppenhagen
Primary reference: A. Rosenkrantz. 1934. The Lower Jurassic Rocks of East Greenland Part 1. Meddelelser Om Gronland 110(1):4-122 [M. Clapham/M. Manojlovic/M. Manojlovic]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 161983: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Marko Manojlovic on 16.09.2014
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Rhynchonellata | |
Lobothyris sp. Buckman 1917 | |
Bivalvia | |
Nucula cf. cordata Goldfuss 1837 nut clam | |
"Modiola cf. scalprum" = Modiolus (Modiolus) scalprum
"Modiola cf. scalprum" = Modiolus (Modiolus) scalprum Sowerby 1821 mussel | |
Liostrea irregularis oyster | |
Gervillia cf. laevis oyster | |
Isognomon aff. lugdunensis oyster | |
"Lima (Plagiostoma) eucharis" = Plagiostoma, "Lima (Plagiostoma) boonei" = Plagiostoma, Lima cf. succincta
"Lima (Plagiostoma) eucharis" = Plagiostoma file clam
"Lima (Plagiostoma) boonei" = Plagiostoma file clam
Lima cf. succincta Dumortier 1867 file clam | |
"Oxytoma inaequivalve" = Oxytoma inequivalvis
"Oxytoma inaequivalve" = Oxytoma inequivalvis Sowerby 1819 scallop | |
Placunopsis minuta Lundgren 1895 scallop | |
"Aequipecten priscus" = Pecten priscus Schlotheim 1820 scallop
Aequipecten bierringi n. sp. Rosenkrantz 1934 scallop | |
Hippopodium ponderosum Sowerby 1819 clam | |
Mactromya ? groenlandica Rosenkrantz 1934 clam | |
Gastropoda | |
Amberleya cf. polytaenia snail | |
Cephalopoda | |
Lytoceras fimbriatum Sowerby 1817 ammonite | |
"Beaniceras sp." = Aegoceras (Beaniceras), Androgynoceras ? sp.
"Beaniceras sp." = Aegoceras (Beaniceras) Buckman 1913 ammonite
Androgynoceras ? sp. Hyatt 1867 ammonite | |
Echinoidea | |
Echinoidea sp. Leske 1778 sea urchin |