Kumait II (Bed 11) (Jurassic of Greenland)

Where: Greenland (70.5° N, 22.2° W: paleocoordinates 52.3° N, 6.6° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Uptonia jamesoni ammonoid zone, Jamesoni (189.6 - 183.0 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lithified, sandy limestone

• hard, arenaceous limestone with Pseudentolium pavements

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by Rosenkrantz

• Repository: (presumed) University of Coppenhagen

Primary reference: A. Rosenkrantz. 1942. The Lower Jurassic Rocks of East Greenland Part II The Mesozoic Sediments of the Kap Hope Area Southern Liverpool Land. Meddelelser Om Gronland 110(2):5-55 [M. Clapham/M. Manojlovic]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 162272: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Marko Manojlovic on 21.09.2014

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Rhynchonellata
 Rhynchonellida - Tetrarhynchiidae
Grandirhynchia sp. Buckman 1917
Grandirhynchia elii Rosenkrantz 1934
Tetrarhynchia sp. Buckman 1917
Bivalvia
 Mytilida - Mytilidae
"Modiola scalprum" = Modiolus (Modiolus) scalprum
"Modiola scalprum" = Modiolus (Modiolus) scalprum Sowerby 1821 mussel
 Arcida - Parallelodontidae
 Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
Gryphaea cymbium Lamarck 1819 oyster
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
"Aequipecten priscus" = Pecten priscus Schlotheim 1820 scallop
Chlamys substriatus scallop
Chlamys substriatus rinki
 Pectinida - Anomiidae
Placunopsis minuta Lundgren 1895 scallop
 Pectinida - Limidae
 Pectinida - Oxytomidae
Oxytoma sp., "Oxytoma inaequivalvis" = Oxytoma inequivalvis
Oxytoma sp. Meek and Hayden 1865 scallop
"Oxytoma inaequivalvis" = Oxytoma inequivalvis Sowerby 1819 scallop
 Carditida - Cardiniidae
Cardinia hybrida Sowerby 1817 clam
 Carditida - Hippopodiidae
Hippopodium ponderosum Sowerby 1819 clam
 Lucinida - Mactromyidae
Mactromya ? groenlandica Rosenkrantz 1934 clam
 Pholadida - Pleuromyidae
 Pholadida - Ceratomyidae
Ceratomya sp. Sandberger 1864 clam
 Cardiida - Kalenteridae
Myoconcha decorata Münster 1837 clam
 Cardiida - Cardiidae
Cardium phillipianum cockle
Cardium (Jurassicardium?) phillipianum
 Cardiida - Tancrediidae
Tancredia sp. Lycett 1850 clam
Tancredia n. sp. A
 Cardiida - Quenstedtiidae
Quenstedtia ? sp. Morris 1854 clam
 Pholadomyida - Pholadomyidae
 Trigoniida - Trigoniidae
Cephalopoda
 Ammonitida - Polymorphitidae
Uptonia jamesoni Sowerby 1827 ammonite
Gastropoda
 Ptychomphaloidea - Ptychomphalidae
 Pleurotomarioidea - Pleurotomariidae
Pleurotomaria cf. anglica Sowerby 1818 snail