Melemkløft (Pleistocene of Greenland)
Where: Greenland (70.6° N, 52.4° W: paleocoordinates 70.6° N, 52.4° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
When: Late/Upper Pleistocene (0.1 - 0.0 Ma)
Environment/lithology: coastal; unlithified sandstone and unlithified gravel
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: D. Laursen. 1944. Contributions to the Quaternary geology of northern West Greenland especially the raised marine deposits. Meddelelser om Grønland 135(8):1-125 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 227031: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 23.08.2022
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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| unclassified | |
| Echinoidea | |
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Strongylocentrotus drobachiensis sea urchin | |
| Ophiuroidea | |
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Ophiura robusta brittle star
Ophiura sp. Lamarck 1801 brittle star
Ophiura sarsii Lütken 1856 brittle star | |
| Aves | |
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Uria uria auk | |
| Mammalia | |
"Phoca groenlandica" = Pagophilus groenlandica
"Phoca groenlandica" = Pagophilus groenlandica Erxleben 1777 harp seal | |
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Rangifer tarandus Linnaeus 1758 reindeer | |
| Actinopteri | |
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Gadus callarias cod | |
| Gastropoda | |
"Acmaea (Tectura) rubella" = Erginus rubellus
"Acmaea (Tectura) rubella" = Erginus rubellus Fabricius 1780 limpet | |
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Lepeta coeca limpet | |
"Natica clausa" = Cryptonatica affinis, Natica sp.
"Natica clausa" = Cryptonatica affinis Gmelin 1791 moon snail
Natica sp. Scopoli 1777 moon snail | |
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Buccinum hydrophanum true whelk
Buccinum undatum Linnaeus 1758 true whelk | |
"Bela violacea" = Curtitoma violacea
"Bela violacea" = Curtitoma violacea Mighels and Adams 1842 cone shell | |
"Trophon clathratus" = Boreotrophon clathratus, Trophon truncatus, "Sipho togatus" = Trophon (Sipho)
"Trophon clathratus" = Boreotrophon clathratus Linnaeus 1767 murex snail
Trophon truncatus Ström 1768 murex snail
"Sipho togatus" = Trophon (Sipho) murex snail | |
| Bivalvia | |
"Nucula tenuis" = Nucula
"Nucula tenuis" = Nucula nut clam | |
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Mytilus edulis Linnaeus 1758 mussel | |
"Pecten islandicus" = Chlamys (Chlamys) islandica
"Pecten islandicus" = Chlamys (Chlamys) islandica Müller 1776 scallop | |
Serripes groenlandicum, "Cardium ciliatum" = Clinocardium (Ciliatocardium) ciliatum
Serripes groenlandicum cockle
"Cardium ciliatum" = Clinocardium (Ciliatocardium) ciliatum Fabricius 1780 cockle | |
"Macoma calcarea" = Macoma (Macoma) calcarea
"Macoma calcarea" = Macoma (Macoma) calcarea Gmelin 1792 tellin clam | |
"Mya truncata" = Mya (Mya) truncata
"Mya truncata" = Mya (Mya) truncata Linnaeus 1758 softshell clam | |
"Saxicava arctica" = Hiatella arctica, Cyrtodaria siliqua
"Saxicava arctica" = Hiatella arctica Linnaeus 1767 clam
Cyrtodaria siliqua Spengler 1793 clam | |
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Astarte elliptica Brown 1827 clam | |
| Malacostraca | |
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Hyas ? aranaeus spider crab | |
| Thecostraca | |