Oksedal, northern Jameson Land, locality 5, subdemissum zone (Triassic of Greenland)

Where: Greenland (72.1° N, 23.8° W: paleocoordinates 29.6° N, 12.2° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Metophiceras subdemissum zone, Wordie Creek Formation, Griesbachian (251.9 - 250.5 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: deep-water; lithified siliciclastic sediments

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression

Primary reference: M. Bjerager, L. Seidler, L. Stemmerik and F. Surlyk. 2006. Ammonoid stratigraphy and sedimentary evolution across the Permian–Triassic boundary in East Greenland. Geological Magazine 143(5):635-656 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 112730: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 16.07.2011

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Coelacanthimorpha
  - Laugiidae
Laugia groenlandica Stensiö 1932 lobe-finned fish
Osteichthyes
 Palaeonisciformes - Rhadinichthyidae
"Glaucolepis arctica" = Pteronisculus arcticus
"Glaucolepis arctica" = Pteronisculus arcticus Schultze et al. 2021
Lingulata
 Lingulida - Lingulidae
"Lingula borealis" = Lingularia borealis
"Lingula borealis" = Lingularia borealis Bittner 1899
Cephalopoda
 Ceratitida - Xenodiscidae
Metophiceras noenygaardi Spath 1935 ceratite
Metophiceras subdemissum Spath 1935 ceratite
Hypophiceras sp. Trümpy 1969 ceratite
Tompophiceras pascoei Spath 1930 ceratite