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