Sample 196336, Kim Fjelde area, Peary Land, Ladegardsaen Formation (Jurassic of Greenland)

Where: Greenland (82.4° N, 23.2° W: paleocoordinates 66.9° N, 9.1° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: "a" Member (Ladegardsaen Formation), Middle Oxfordian (161.2 - 155.7 Ma)

• sample from locality 3 of Kim Fjelde from the lowermost part of the formation (unit a)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: coastal; lithified conglomerate

• The matrix of the pebbly, biogenic conglomerates is very fine-grained quartz sand, which is usually well cemented with calcite.

Size class: microfossils

Primary reference: E. Hakansson, T. Birkelund, S. Piasecki and V. Zakharov. 1981. Jurassic-Cretaceous boundary of the extreme Arctic (Peary Land, North Greenland). Bulletin of the Geological Society of Denmark 30:11-42 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 66538: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 10.10.2006

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Taxonomic list

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Dinophyceae
 Gonyaulacales - Gonyaulacaceae
Gonyaulacysta scarburghensis, Gonyaulacysta jurassica
Gonyaulacysta jurassica Deflandre 1964