Qaersutjaegerdal, Agatdalen, Nugssuaq, Greenland (Paleocene of Greenland)

Where: Greenland (70.6° N, 53.1° W: paleocoordinates 62.9° N, 23.0° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Turritellakloft Member (Agatdal Formation), Selandian (61.6 - 59.2 Ma)

• member-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: deltaic; lithified, black shale and lithified sandstone

• Sandstone lense

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: mechanical,

Primary reference: H. A. Kollmann and J. S. Peel. 1983. Paleocene gastropods from Nûgssuaq, West Greenland. Grønlands Geologiske Undersøgelse, Bulletin 146:1-115 [W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 22945: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Wolfgang Kiessling on 04.07.2002

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Taxonomic list

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Gastropoda
 Stylommatophora - Grandipatulidae
cf. Grandipatula sp.
cf. Grandipatula sp. Cossmann 1889 slug
 Heterostropha - Acteonidae
"Ravniella groenlandica" = Tornatellaea (Ravniella), "Nonacteonina sp." = Nonactaeonina
"Ravniella groenlandica" = Tornatellaea (Ravniella) snail
"Nonacteonina sp." = Nonactaeonina snail
 Epitonioidea - Epitoniidae
"? Coniscala sp." = Epitonium (Coniscala)
"? Coniscala sp." = Epitonium (Coniscala) de Boury 1887 wentletrap
 Cerithioidea - Turritellidae
Turritella sp., Mesalia sp.
Turritella sp. Lamarck 1799 turret shell
Mesalia sp. Gray 1847 turret shell
 Vanikoroidea - Vanikoridae
Vanikoropsis sp.
Vanikoropsis sp. Meek 1876 snail
 Neotaenioglossa - Calyptraeidae
Crepidula sp.
Crepidula sp. Lamarck 1799 slipper shell
 Sorbeoconcha - Ficidae
Ficus sp., "Fulguroficus sp." = Ficopsis (Fulguroficus)
Ficus sp. Röding 1798 fig shell
"Fulguroficus sp." = Ficopsis (Fulguroficus) Grabau 1904 fig shell
 Neogastropoda - Volutidae
"Volutocorbis sp." = Athleta (Volutocorbis)
"Volutocorbis sp." = Athleta (Volutocorbis) Dall 1890 volute
 Neogastropoda -
cf. Haplovoluta sp.
cf. Haplovoluta sp. Wade 1918 snail
 Neogastropoda - Olividae
Ancilla sp.
Ancilla sp. Lamarck 1799 olive snail
 Neogastropoda - Melongenidae
Sycostoma sp.
Sycostoma sp. Cox 1931 snail
 Neogastropoda - Buccinidae
"Pollia sp." = Cantharus (Pollia), Penion sp., "cf. Trophonopsis sp." = Neptunea (Trophonopsis), Siphonalia sp., Pseudoliva sp., Cominella sp.
"Pollia sp." = Cantharus (Pollia) Sowerby 1843 true whelk
Penion sp. Fischer 1884 true whelk
"cf. Trophonopsis sp." = Neptunea (Trophonopsis) true whelk
Siphonalia sp. Adams 1863 true whelk
Pseudoliva sp. Swainson 1840 true whelk
Cominella sp. Gray 1850 true whelk
 Neogastropoda - Fasciolariidae
Boltenella sp., Fusinus sp.
Boltenella sp. Wade 1917 snail
Fusinus sp. Rafinesque 1815 snail
 Neogastropoda - Borsoniidae
"Pseudotoma sp." = Genota (Pseudotoma)
"Pseudotoma sp." = Genota (Pseudotoma) Bellardi 1875 snail
 Neogastropoda - Turridae
"Hemipleurotoma sp." = Gemmula
"Hemipleurotoma sp." = Gemmula Weinkauff 1875 turrid
 Neogastropoda - Clavatulidae
Turricula sp., "Crenaturricula sp." = Turricula (Crenaturricula)
Turricula sp. Schumacher 1817 snail
"Crenaturricula sp." = Turricula (Crenaturricula) Vokes 1939 snail
 Neogastropoda - Cancellariidae
"Merica sp." = Cancellaria (Merica)
"Merica sp." = Cancellaria (Merica) Adams and Adams 1854 snail
 Neogastropoda - Costellariidae
Conomitra sp.
Conomitra sp. Conrad 1865 ribbed mitre
 Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae
Amaurellina sp., Lunatia sp., Polinices sp.
Amaurellina sp. Fischer 1885 moon snail
Lunatia sp. Gray 1847 moon snail
Polinices sp. Monfort 1810 moon snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Hipponicidae
Hipponix sp.
Hipponix sp. Defrance 1819 hoof shell
 Lepetellida - Fissurellidae
"Semperia sp." = Emarginula (Semperia), Diodora sp.
"Semperia sp." = Emarginula (Semperia) Crosse 1867 snail
Diodora sp. Gray 1821 snail
 Opisthobranchia - Scaphandridae
Ellipsoscapha sp.
Ellipsoscapha sp. Stephenson 1941 snail
 Heterostrophia -
Nipteraxis sp.
 Patellogastropoda - Patellidae
Patella sp.
Patella sp. Linnaeus 1758 limpet
Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Rhizangiidae
Astrangia (Coenangia) cf. cretacea
Astrangia (Coenangia) cf. cretacea Bölsche 1870 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Oculinidae
Oculina becki
Oculina becki Nielsen 1922 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Flabellidae
"Flabellum groenlandicum" = Flabellum anderssoni
"Flabellum groenlandicum" = Flabellum anderssoni Felix 1909 stony coral