Also known as Nathorst's Oyster Bed
Where: Greenland (70.8° N, 23.0° W: paleocoordinates 52.5° N, 5.5° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Pliensbachian (190.8 - 182.7 Ma)
• "Charmouthian"
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; lithified, concretionary, gray, yellow, calcareous sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Collected by A. Rosenkrantz in 13th 1926 July 19th 1927
• 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 162088: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Marko Manojlovic on 19.09.2014
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia | |
Trigonia sp. Bruguière 1789 clam | |
Pleuromya aff. elongata Schlotheim 1822 clam | |
Tancredia aff. donaciformis Lycett 1850 clam | |
Arcomya aff. longa, "Pholadomya aff. fidicula" = Pholadomya (Pholadomya) fidicula
Arcomya aff. longa clam
"Pholadomya aff. fidicula" = Pholadomya (Pholadomya) fidicula Sowerby 1826 clam | |
"Inoceramus aff. polyplocus" = Mytiloceramus polyplocus
"Inoceramus aff. polyplocus" = Mytiloceramus polyplocus Roemer 1857 clam | |
Liostrea cf. erina oyster | |
"Oxytoma inaequivalve" = Oxytoma inequivalvis
"Oxytoma inaequivalve" = Oxytoma inequivalvis Sowerby 1819 scallop | |
Cucullaea ? sp. Lamarck 1801 clam | |
"Modiola sp." = Modiolus
"Modiola sp." = Modiolus Lamarck 1801 mussel | |
Cephalopoda | |
"Pseudolioceras dumortieri" = Pseudolioceras (Pseudolioceras) lythense
"Pseudolioceras dumortieri" = Pseudolioceras (Pseudolioceras) lythense Young and Bird 1828 ammonite | |
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Megateuthis sp. Bayle 1878 belemnite | |
Rhynchonellata | |
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Lingulata | |
Discinisca sp. Gray 1840 |