Kronprinsen Ejland Locality 49-871 (Holocene of Greenland)

Also known as GCI 74-871

Where: Greenland (69.0° N, 53.3° W: paleocoordinates 69.0° N, 53.3° W)

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Holocene (0.0 - 0.0 Ma)

• 62m above sea level

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; unlithified siliciclastic sediments

• Shell-bearing marine deposits

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 75220: authorized by Arnold Miller, entered by Kate Bulinski on 26.09.2007, edited by Austin Hendy

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Taxonomic list

Echinoidea
 Camarodonta - Strongylocentrotidae
Strongylocentrotus droebachiensis Müller 1776 sea urchin
Rhynchonellata
 Rhynchonellida - Hemithirididae
Polychaeta
 Sabellida - Serpulidae
Gastropoda
 Lepetellida - Fissurellidae
Puncturella noachina Linnaeus 1771 puncturella
 Trochoidea - Turbinidae
Margarites vahlii Möller 1842 snail
 Opisthobranchia - Retusidae
Retusa obtusa Montagu 1808 snail
 Patellida - Lottiidae
"Acmaea rubella" = Erginus rubellus
"Acmaea rubella" = Erginus rubellus Fabricius 1780 limpet
 Patellida - Lepetidae
Lepeta caeca Müller 1776 limpet
 Sorbeoconcha - Rissoidae
Onoba sp. Adams and Adams 1834 snail
 Neogastropoda - Conidae
"Oenopota trevelliana" = Curtitoma reticulata
"Oenopota trevelliana" = Curtitoma reticulata Brown 1827 cone shell
 Neogastropoda - Muricidae
Trophon truncatus Ström 1768 murex snail
Bivalvia
 Nuculanida - Sareptidae
? Portlandia arctica Gray 1824 clam
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
"Chlamys islandica" = Chlamys (Chlamys) islandica
"Chlamys islandica" = Chlamys (Chlamys) islandica Müller 1776 scallop
 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 Linnaeus 1767 clam
 Lucinida - Thyasiridae
Axinopsida orbiculata Sars 1878 clam
Thecostraca
 Balanomorpha - Balanidae
 Ichnofossils -
Caulostrepsis sp. Clarke 1908