Firefjeld, Svartenhuk Peninsula: Coniacian, Greenland
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Cephalopoda
- Belemnitida
- Belemnitellidae
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Actinocamax sp.
Miller 1823
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Geography
| Country: | Greenland |
| Coordinates: | 71.7° North, 54.1° West (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 59.4° North, 15.1° West |
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map |
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Cretaceous | Epoch: | Late/Upper Cretaceous |
| Stage: | Coniacian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cretaceous 6 |
| Key time interval: | Coniacian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 89.80000 - 86.30000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: "derived from Senonian deposits containing a Scaphites ventricosus fauna from Coniacian" | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | lithified "siliciclastic" |
| Environment: | marine indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Collection method comments: Repository: Mineralogical and Geological Museum, Copenhagen | |
Metadata
| Database number: | 212907 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Clapham | Enterer: | M. Clapham | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2020-08-22 16:38:36 | Last modified: | 2020-08-22 16:38:36 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2020-08-22 16:38:36 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 23598. | T. Birkelund. 1956. Upper Cretaceous belemnites from west Greenland. Meddelelser om Grønland 137(9):1-28 [M. Aberhan/S. Nurnberg/M. Clapham] |