Qardloq: Late/Upper Pleistocene, Greenland
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Bivalvia
- Mytilida
- Mytilidae
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Mytilus edulis
Linnaeus 1758
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Bivalvia
- Pholadida
- Myidae
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Mya truncata
Linnaeus 1758
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| recombined as Mya (Mya) truncata | |||||||
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Bivalvia
- Hiatellida
- Hiatellidae
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Saxicava arctica
(Linnaeus 1767)
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| recombined as Hiatella arctica | |||||||
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Thecostraca
- Balanomorpha
- Balanidae
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Balanus balanus
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| see common names | |||||||
Geography
| Country: | Greenland |
| Coordinates: | 70.3° North, 52.8° West (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 70.3° North, 52.8° West |
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark |
Time
| Period: | Quaternary | Epoch: | Pleistocene |
| Stage: | Late/Upper Pleistocene | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 |
| Key time interval: | Late/Upper Pleistocene | ||
| Age range of interval: | 0.12900 - 0.01170 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | unlithified sandstone |
| Secondary lithology: | unlithified gravel |
| Environment: | coastal indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 227042 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Uhen | Enterer: | M. Uhen | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2022-08-23 14:41:36 | Last modified: | 2022-08-23 14:41:36 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2022-08-23 14:41:36 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 82225. | D. Laursen. 1944. Contributions to the Quaternary geology of northern West Greenland especially the raised marine deposits. Meddelelser om Grønland 135(8):1-125 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen] |