Nuussuaq Locality 16-853 (Pleistocene of Greenland)

Also known as GCI 74-853

Where: Greenland (70.7° N, 54.5° W: paleocoordinates 70.7° N, 54.5° W)

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Late/Upper Pleistocene (0.1 - 0.0 Ma)

• no formation given-reaching altitudes of 48-60 m above sea level

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: deltaic; unlithified, pebbly, sandy siliciclastic sediments

• The deposit is interpreted as a raised delta/alluvial fan complex
• The lower part of the deposit is dominated by sand in some places containing abundant mollusc shells whereas the upper part consists of gravel in places exhibiting giant scale cross bedding

Primary reference: O. Bennike, K.B. Hansen, K.L. Knudsen, D.N. Penney, and K.L. Rasmussen. 1994. Quaternary marine stratigraphy and geochronology in central West Greenland. Boreas 23:194-215 [A. Miller/K. Bulinski]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 75151: authorized by Arnold Miller, entered by Kate Bulinski on 25.09.2007

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Taxonomic list

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Echinoidea
 Camarodonta - Strongylocentrotidae
Strongylocentrotus droebachiensis
Strongylocentrotus droebachiensis Müller 1776 sea urchin
Bivalvia
 Cardiida - Tellinidae
"Macoma calcarea" = Macoma (Macoma) calcarea
"Macoma calcarea" = Macoma (Macoma) calcarea Gmelin 1792 tellin clam
 Pholadida - Myidae
"Mya truncata" = Mya (Mya) truncata
"Mya truncata" = Mya (Mya) truncata Linnaeus 1758 softshell clam
 Hiatellida - Hiatellidae
Hiatella arctica
Hiatella arctica Linnaeus 1767 clam
 Carditida - Astartidae
Astarte montagui
Astarte montagui Dillwyn 1817 clam
var. striata
Ostracoda
 Podocopida -
Sarsicytheridea bradii, Robertsonites tuberculatus
Thecostraca
 Balanomorpha - Balanidae
Balanus sp.
Balanus sp. Da Costa 1778 barnacle