South -south-west of Cape Stosch 2 (Triassic of Greenland)

Where: Greenland (73.9° N, 21.4° W: paleocoordinates 31.0° N, 12.5° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

When: Wordie Creek Formation, Griesbachian (251.9 - 250.5 Ma)

• Allegedlly from the same bed as other locality SSW of Cape Stosch

Environment/lithology: micaceous, green claystone and conglomerate

• ...although there can be no doubt that it is from the same Ophiceras bed. The greenish micaceous matrix is identical and there are the same Claraia nodules, but this assemblage is followed at 408m by a conglomerate (20ft.) containing blocks of red sandstone with pelecypod shells (badly preserved) in white calcite

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: original calcite

Collection methods: surface (in situ),

Primary reference: L. F. Spath. 1930. The Eotriassic invertebrate fauna of East Greenland. Meddeleser om Grønland 83(1):1-90 [A. McGowan/A. McGowan/A. McGowan]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 48114: authorized by Alistair McGowan, entered by Alistair McGowan on 14.03.2005, edited by Matthew Clapham

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Taxonomic list

Osteichthyes
 Palaeonisciformes - Platysomidae
Platysomus sp. Agassiz 1833
Cephalopoda
 Ceratitida - Ophiceratidae
Ophiceras commune Spath 1930 ceratite
"Ophiceras aff. evolutum" = Lytophiceras chamunda evoluta Frech 1902 ceratite
Ophiceras subsakuntala Spath 1935 ceratite
Discophiceras wordiei Spath 1930 ceratite
Gastropoda
 Bellerophontida - Euphemitidae
"Bellerophon cf. vaceki" = Warthia vaceki
"Bellerophon cf. vaceki" = Warthia vaceki Bittner 1899 snail
Bivalvia
 Myalinida - Myalinidae
Promyalina groenlandica Newell 1955 clam
 Pectinida - Claraiidae
Claraia stachei Bittner 1901 scallop
 Ostreida - Bakevelliidae
"Gervilleia aff. exporrecta" = Bakevellia exporrecta
"Gervilleia aff. exporrecta" = Bakevellia exporrecta Lepsius 1878 oyster