Turritellakloft, Agatdalen, Turritellakloft Member, Nugssuaq, Greenland: Selandian, Greenland

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Mathildidae
Gegania sp. Jeffreys 1884
Fimbriatella sp. Sacco 1895
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Pyramidellidae
Odostomia sp. Fleming 1817
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Acteonidae
Nonacteonina sp. (Stephenson 1941)
original and current combination Nonactaeonina
Ravniella groenlandica
spelled with current rank as Tornatellaea (Ravniella)
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Ringiculidae
Gilbertina sp. Morlett 1888
Gastropoda - Chilodontaidae
Chilodontinae indet. Wenz 1938
Gastropoda - Pleurotomariidae
Conotomaria sp. Cox 1959
? Leptomaria sp. Eudes-Deslongchamps 1864
Gastropoda - Lepetellida - Fissurellidae
Emarginulina sp. Goldfuss 1870
Semperia sp. Crosse 1867
spelled with current rank as Emarginula (Semperia)
Gastropoda - Trochidae
Calliostoma sp. Swainson 1840
Gastropoda - Ataphridae
Ataphrus sp. Gabb 1869
Gastropoda - Vasidae
aff. Tudicla sp. Röding 1798
Gastropoda - Opisthobranchia - Bullidae
Bulla sp. Linnaeus 1758
Gastropoda - Opisthobranchia - Scaphandridae
Ellipsoscapha sp. Stephenson 1941
Gastropoda - Opisthobranchia - Cylichnidae
Cylichna sp. Lovén 1846
cf. Acteocina sp. Gray 1847
Gastropoda - Opisthobranchia
Nipteraxis sp.
Gastropoda - Patellidae
Patella sp. Linnaeus 1758
Gastropoda - Neritidae
Neritoplica sp. Oppenheim 1892
Gastropoda - Turritellidae
Mesalia sp. Gray 1847
Turritella sp. Lamarck 1799
Gastropoda - Neotaenioglossa - Calyptraeidae
Crepidula sp. Lamarck 1799
Calyptraea sp. Lamarck 1799
Gastropoda - Epitoniidae
? Coniscala sp. de Boury 1887
spelled with current rank as Epitonium (Coniscala)
Gastropoda - Tylostomatidae
Tylostoma ampullariaeformis
Gastropoda - Hipponicidae
Hipponix sp. (Defrance 1819)
Gastropoda - Naticidae
Polinices sp. Monfort 1810
aff. Amaurellina sp. Fischer 1885
Lunatia sp. Gray 1847
Gastropoda - Cerithiopsidae
Cerithiopsis sp. Hanley 1849
Gastropoda - Triforidae
? Cerithiella sp. Verrill 1882
Gastropoda - Rissoidae
Cossmannia sp. Newton 1891
Gastropoda - Vitrinellidae
Circulus sp. Jeffreys 1842
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Fasciolariidae
Fusinus sp. Rafinesque 1815
Boltenella sp. Wade 1917
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Buccinidae
Pseudoliva sp. Swainson 1840
Strepsidura sp. Swainson 1840
Parvisipho sp. (Cossmann 1889)
original and current combination Sipho (Parvisipho)
Penion sp. Fischer 1884
cf. Penion sp. Fischer 1884
cf. Trophonopsis sp.
spelled with current rank as Neptunea (Trophonopsis)
? Coptochetus sp. Cossmann 1889
cf. Pollia sp. Sowerby 1843
spelled with current rank as Cantharus (Pollia)
Suessonia sp. (Cossmann 1889)
original and current combination Suessionia
Cominella sp. Gray 1850
Laevibuccinum sp. Conrad 1865
Siphonalia sp. Adams 1863
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Melongenidae
cf. Levifusus sp. Conrad 1865
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Cancellariidae
Cancelrana sp. Palmer 1937
cf. Coptostoma sp. Cossmann 1899
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda
cf. Haplovoluta sp. Wade 1918
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Clavatulidae
Turricula sp. Schumacher 1817
Surcula sp. Adams and Adams 1853
synonym of Turricula
Crenaturricula sp. Vokes 1939
spelled with current rank as Turricula (Crenaturricula)
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Raphitomidae
Clinura sp. Bellardi 1875
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Turridae
Turridae indet. Swainson 1840
Turris sp. Röding 1798
Hemisurcula sp. Casey 1904
Hemipleurotoma sp.
synonym of Gemmula
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Borsoniidae
Pseudotoma sp. Bellardi 1875
spelled with current rank as Genota (Pseudotoma)
Cordieria sp. Rouault 1848
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Olividae
Ancilla sp. Lamarck 1799
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Ptychatractidae
Exilia sp. Conrad 1860
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Volutidae
Volutocorbis sp. Dall 1890
spelled with current rank as Athleta (Volutocorbis)
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Strepsiduridae
Ancillarina sp. Bellardi 1882
Gastropoda - Strombidae
aff. Tibia sp. Röding 1798
Gastropoda - Aporrhaidae
Drepanocheilus sp. Meek 1864
cf. Drepanocheilus sp. Meek 1864
Gastropoda - Cypraeidae
Protocypraea sp. (Schilder 1927)
original and current combination Bernaya (Protocypraea)
Gastropoda - Ficidae
Ficus sp. Röding 1798
Fulguroficus sp. Grabau 1904
spelled with current rank as Ficopsis (Fulguroficus)
Gastropoda - Pseudomelaniidae
cf. Leucosyrinx sp. Dall 1889
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Caryophylliidae
Caryophyllia sp. Lamarck 1801
Floris 1972
sp. A
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Flabellidae
Flabellum groenlandicum Floris 1972
Floris 1972
synonym of Flabellum anderssoni
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Columastreidae
Haimesiastraea (Haimesiastraea) groenlandica n. sp.
Floris 1972
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Oculinidae
? Oculina becki (Nielsen 1922)
Floris 1972
see common names

Geography
Country:Greenland
Coordinates: 70.6° North, 53.1° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:62.9° North, 23.0° West
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Paleogene Epoch:Paleocene
Stage:Selandian 10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 1
*Period:Early/Lower Tertiary *Epoch:Middle Paleocene
Key time interval:Selandian
Age range of interval:61.60000 - 59.20000 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Formation:Agatdal Member:Turritellakloft
Stratigraphic resolution:member
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:black lithified "shale"
Secondary lithology: lithified sandstone
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: Sandstone lense
Environment:deltaic indet.
Taphonomy
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection excludes:some macrofossils
Collection methods:mechanical,field collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Metadata
Database number:22944
Authorizer:W. Kiessling Enterer:W. Kiessling, U. Merkel
Modifier:U. Merkel Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2002-07-04 03:09:12 Last modified:2007-02-28 08:47:48
Access level:the public Released:2002-07-04 03:09:12
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
6604. H. A. Kollmann and J. S. Peel. 1983. Paleocene gastropods from Nûgssuaq, West Greenland. Grønlands Geologiske Undersøgelse, Bulletin 146:1-115 [W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling/M. Uhen]

Secondary references:

23353 S. Floris. 1972. Scleractinian corals from the Upper Cretaceous and Lower Tertiary of Nugssuaq, West Greenland. Meddelelser om Groenland 196(1):1-132 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel/U. Merkel]