Milne Land M1/2 (Jurassic of Greenland)

Where: Greenland (70.5° N, 22.0° W: paleocoordinates 55.0° N, 11.1° E)

• coordinate based on political unit

When: Lower-Middle Volgian zone, Krebsedal Member (Kap Leslie Formation), Tithonian (152.1 - 145.0 Ma)

• M1/2 bed

•see Birkelund, T. et al. 1984. Gronlands geol. Undersog. Bull. 147

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: offshore; bioturbated sandstone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: trace

Collection methods: bulk, mechanical,

Primary reference: F. T. Fürsich and D. K. Pandey. 1999. Genesis and environmental significance of Upper Cretaceous shell concentrations from the Cauvery Basin, southern India. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 145(1):119-139(21) [F. Fursich/F. Fursich/P. Wagner]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 1212: authorized by Franz Fursich, entered by Franz Fursich on 28.03.1999

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Taxonomic list

• ammonites and belemnites counted but not identified
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Actinopteri
 Cypriniformes - Cyprinidae
Cyprinidae indet.
Cyprinidae indet. Rafinesque 1815 carp-like fish
cyprinid bivalve
Gastropoda
 Trochoidea - Turbinidae
"Delphinula sp." = Angaria
"Delphinula sp." = Angaria Röding 1798 snail
 Pseudomelanoidea - Pseudomelaniidae
Pseudomelania sp.
Pseudomelania sp. Pictet and Campiche 1862 snail
 Heterostropha - Bullinidae
Sulcoactaeon peroskianus
Bivalvia
 Heteroconchia -
Heterodonta indet.
Heterodonta indet. Neumayr 1884 clam
heterodont indet.
 Trigoniida - Myophorelloidae
Myophorella intermedia
 Carditida - Astartidae
Astarte praeveneris, Eriphyla saemanni
Astarte praeveneris clam
praeveneris
 Thraciida - Thraciidae
Thracia depressa
Thracia depressa Sowerby 1823 clam
 Pholadomyida - Pholadomyidae
Goniomya bicarinata
 Pholadida - Corbulidae
Corbulomima sp.
Corbulomima sp. Vokes 1945 clam
originally entered as "Corbulomina sp."
 Pholadida - Pleuromyidae
Pleuromya uralensis, Pleuromya triangularis, Pleuromya uniformis
Pleuromya uniformis Sowerby 1813 clam
 Cardiida - Arcticidae
Isocyprina birkelundi
Isocyprina birkelundi clam
(Venericyprina)
 Cardiida - Cardiidae
Protocardia striatula
Protocardia striatula Sowerby 1829 cockle
 Cardiida - Tancrediidae
Tancredia sp., Corbicellopsis aff. lorioli
Tancredia sp. Lycett 1850 clam
Corbicellopsis aff. lorioli clam
originally entered as "Corbicellopsis aff. lorioli"
 Mytilida - Mytilidae
Modiolus elongatus
Modiolus elongatus mussel
(Strimodiolus)
 Arcida - Parallelodontidae
Grammatodon schourovskii
Grammatodon schourovskii clam
(Grammatodon)
 Ostreida - Pinnidae
Pinna lanceolota, Trichites sp.
Trichites sp. Lhuyd 1760 oyster
 Ostreida - Bakevelliidae
Bakevellia sp.
Bakevellia sp. King 1848 oyster
 Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
"Nanogyra nana" = Nanogyra (Nanogyra) nana
"Nanogyra nana" = Nanogyra (Nanogyra) nana Sowerby 1822 oyster
 Pectinida - Oxytomidae
"Oxytoma inequivalve" = Oxytoma inequivalvis
"Oxytoma inequivalve" = Oxytoma inequivalvis Sowerby 1819 scallop
 Pectinida - Buchiidae
Buchia mosquensis
Buchia mosquensis White 1885 scallop
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Camptonectes morini
 Pectinida - Entoliidae
Entolium orbiculare
Entolium orbiculare Sowerby 1817 scallop
Cephalopoda
 Belemnoidea -
Belemnitida indet.
Belemnitida indet. Zittel 1895 belemnite
belemnites
 Ammonoidea -
Ammonoidea indet.
Ammonoidea indet. ammonite
ammonites
Rhynchonellata
 Terebratulida - Boreiothyrididae
Taimyrothyris sp.
Taimyrothyris sp. Dagys 1968
Lingulata
 Lingulida - Discinidae
Orbiculoidea latissima
Polychaeta
 Sabellida - Serpulidae
Serpula sp., Serpula intestinalis
Serpula sp. Linnaeus 1758
subgenus Tetraserpula
Serpula intestinalis Gmelin 1791
subgenus Cycloserpula
 Ichnofossils -
Thalassinoides suevicus, Curvolithus sp., Teichichnus sp.
Curvolithus sp. Fritsch 1908
Teichichnus sp. Seilacher 1955