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
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 22944: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Wolfgang Kiessling on 04.07.2002, edited by Uta Merkel
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Anthozoa | |
Haimesiastraea (Haimesiastraea) groenlandica n. sp. stony coral | |
? Oculina becki Nielsen 1922 stony coral | |
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"Flabellum groenlandicum" = Flabellum anderssoni
"Flabellum groenlandicum" = Flabellum anderssoni Felix 1909 stony coral | |
Gastropoda | |
Chilodontinae indet. Wenz 1938 snail | |
"Semperia sp." = Emarginula (Semperia), Emarginulina sp.
"Semperia sp." = Emarginula (Semperia) Crosse 1867 snail
Emarginulina sp. Goldfuss 1870 snail | |
Conotomaria sp. Cox 1959 snail
? Leptomaria sp. Eudes-Deslongchamps 1864 snail | |
Calliostoma sp. Swainson 1840 top snail | |
Ataphrus sp. Gabb 1869 snail | |
Bulla sp. Linnaeus 1758 snail | |
Cylichna sp. Lovén 1846 snail
cf. Acteocina sp. Gray 1847 barrel-bubble | |
Ellipsoscapha sp. Stephenson 1941 snail | |
Nipteraxis sp. snail | |
Odostomia sp. Fleming 1817 snail | |
"Ravniella groenlandica" = Tornatellaea (Ravniella), "Nonacteonina sp." = Nonactaeonina
"Ravniella groenlandica" = Tornatellaea (Ravniella) snail
"Nonacteonina sp." = Nonactaeonina snail | |
Gilbertina sp. Morlett 1888 snail | |
Gegania sp. Jeffreys 1884 snail
Fimbriatella sp. Sacco 1895 snail | |
aff. Tudicla sp. Röding 1798 snail | |
Patella sp. Linnaeus 1758 limpet | |
Neritoplica sp. Oppenheim 1892 snail | |
"? Coniscala sp." = Epitonium (Coniscala)
"? Coniscala sp." = Epitonium (Coniscala) de Boury 1887 wentletrap | |
Mesalia sp. Gray 1847 turret shell
Turritella sp. Lamarck 1799 turret shell | |
Lunatia sp. Gray 1847 moon snail
Polinices sp. Monfort 1810 moon snail
aff. Amaurellina sp. Fischer 1885 moon snail | |
Hipponix sp. Defrance 1819 hoof shell | |
Cossmannia sp. Newton 1891 snail | |
Circulus sp. Jeffreys 1842 snail | |
Ficus sp., "Fulguroficus sp." = Ficopsis (Fulguroficus)
Ficus sp. Röding 1798 fig shell
"Fulguroficus sp." = Ficopsis (Fulguroficus) Grabau 1904 fig shell | |
Protocypraea sp. Schilder 1927 cowry | |
Exilia sp. Conrad 1860 snail | |
cf. Haplovoluta sp. Wade 1918 snail | |
Siphonalia sp., Cominella sp., "cf. Pollia sp." = Cantharus (Pollia), Penion sp., cf. Penion sp., Suessonia sp., "cf. Trophonopsis sp." = Neptunea (Trophonopsis), ? Coptochetus sp., Laevibuccinum sp., Strepsidura sp., Pseudoliva sp., Parvisipho sp.
Siphonalia sp. Adams 1863 true whelk
Cominella sp. Gray 1850 true whelk
"cf. Pollia sp." = Cantharus (Pollia) Sowerby 1843 true whelk
Penion sp. Fischer 1884 true whelk
cf. Penion sp. Fischer 1884 true whelk
Suessonia sp. Cossmann 1889 true whelk
"cf. Trophonopsis sp." = Neptunea (Trophonopsis) true whelk
? Coptochetus sp. Cossmann 1889 true whelk
Laevibuccinum sp. Conrad 1865 true whelk
Strepsidura sp. Swainson 1840 true whelk
Pseudoliva sp. Swainson 1840 true whelk
Parvisipho sp. Cossmann 1889 true whelk | |
cf. Levifusus sp. Conrad 1865 snail | |
Fusinus sp. Rafinesque 1815 snail
Boltenella sp. Wade 1917 snail | |
cf. Coptostoma sp. Cossmann 1899 snail
Cancelrana sp. Palmer 1937 snail | |
Ancilla sp. Lamarck 1799 olive snail | |
Turridae indet. Swainson 1840 turrid
Hemisurcula sp. Casey 1904 turrid
Turris sp. Röding 1798 turrid
"Hemipleurotoma sp." = Gemmula Weinkauff 1875 turrid | |
"Turricula sp." = Turricula, "Crenaturricula sp." = Turricula (Crenaturricula), "Surcula sp." = Turricula
"Turricula sp." = Turricula Schumacher 1817 snail
"Crenaturricula sp." = Turricula (Crenaturricula) Vokes 1939 snail
"Surcula sp." = Turricula Schumacher 1817 snail | |
Clinura sp. Bellardi 1875 snail | |
"Pseudotoma sp." = Genota (Pseudotoma), Cordieria sp.
"Pseudotoma sp." = Genota (Pseudotoma) Bellardi 1875 snail
Cordieria sp. Rouault 1848 snail | |
"Volutocorbis sp." = Athleta (Volutocorbis)
"Volutocorbis sp." = Athleta (Volutocorbis) Dall 1890 volute | |
Ancillarina sp. Bellardi 1882 snail | |
aff. Tibia sp. Röding 1798 true conch | |
Drepanocheilus sp. Meek 1864 snail
cf. Drepanocheilus sp. Meek 1864 snail | |
Cerithiopsis sp. Hanley 1849 snail | |
? Cerithiella sp. Verrill 1882 snail | |
cf. Leucosyrinx sp. Dall 1889 snail | |
Crepidula sp. Lamarck 1799 slipper shell
Calyptraea sp. Lamarck 1799 slipper shell |