Brinkley Bjerg, Clavering Ø (Permian of Greenland)

Where: Greenland (74.1° N, 20.8° W: paleocoordinates 31.1° N, 14.9° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

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

• Martinia Limestone

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lithified limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression

Primary reference: N. D. Newell. 1955. Permian pelecypods of east Greenland. Meddelelser om Grønland 110(4):1-36 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 86565: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 07.02.2009

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Bivalvia
 Pectinida - Deltopectinidae
Cyrtorostra sp. Branson 1930 scallop
Cephalopoda
 Goniatitida - Cyclolobidae
Cyclolobus kullingi n. sp.2 Frebold 1932 ammonite
 Prolecanitida - Medlicottiidae
"Medlicottia malmqvisti n. sp." = Neogeoceras malmqvisti2
"Medlicottia malmqvisti n. sp." = Neogeoceras malmqvisti2 Frebold 1932 ammonite
Strophomenata
 Strophomenida - Rugosochonetidae
"Paeckelmannia toulai" = Brachiosvalbardia toulai1
"Paeckelmannia toulai" = Brachiosvalbardia toulai1 Dunbar 1955