Ostrea Elv (Jurassic of Greenland)

Where: Greenland (70.4° N, 22.7° W: paleocoordinates 52.1° N, 5.8° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Pliensbachian (190.8 - 182.7 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported

• oyster beds

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by M. Kunak in 1926

• Repository: (presumed) University of Coppenhagen

Primary reference: A. Rosenkrantz. 1934. The Lower Jurassic Rocks of East Greenland Part 1. Meddelelser Om Gronland 110(1):4-122 [M. Clapham/M. Manojlovic/M. Manojlovic]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 162054: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Marko Manojlovic on 18.09.2014

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Taxonomic list

Rhynchonellata
 Terebratulida - Loboidothyrididae
Loboidothyris sp. Buckman 1917
Bivalvia
 Pholadida - Ceratomyidae
 Ostreida - Gryphaeidae