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