Amdrup Land F1-218 (Carboniferous of Greenland)

Where: Greenland (80.7° N, 16.6° W: paleocoordinates 23.1° N, 8.2° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Wedekindellina foram zone, Lower Marine Group, Moscovian (315.2 - 307.0 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified, fine-grained, brown, calcareous sandstone

• Dense, hard, fine-grained calciferous sandstone which is buff in colour.

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: mechanical,

Primary reference: S. E. Bendix-Almgreen. 1975. Fossil fishes from the marine late Palaeozoic of Holm Land-Amdrup Land, north-east Greenland. Meddelelser om Grønland 195(9):1-38 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 90249: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 15.07.2009

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Taxonomic list

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Osteichthyes
 Elonichthyiformes - Acrolepididae
? Acrolepis sp.
? Acrolepis sp. Agassiz 1833 ray-finned fish