South -south-west of Cape Stosch 1: Griesbachian, Greenland
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Tentaculita
- Microconchida
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Spirorbis valvata
(Munster 1831)
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| recombined as Microconchus valvatus | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Bellerophontida
- Euphemitidae
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Bellerophon borealis
Spath 1930
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| recombined as Warthia borealis | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Bellerophontida
- Bellerophontidae
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Bellerophon sp.
de Montfort 1808
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Gastropoda
- Naticopsidae
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Naticopsis arctica
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Bivalvia
- Nuculanida
- Tindariidae
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Nucula sp.
Lamarck 1799
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= Austrotindaria svalbardensis
Foster et al. 2017
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Claraiidae
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Claraia stachei
Bittner 1901
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Prospondylidae
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Enantiostreon sp.
Bittner 1901
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Anomiidae
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Anomia sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Bakevelliidae
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Gervilleia aff. exporrecta
(Lepsius 1878)
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| recombined as Bakevellia exporrecta | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Myalinida
- Myalinidae
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Myalina aff. schamarae
Bittner 1899
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= Promyalina groenlandica
Newell 1955
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Newell 1955 | |||||||||
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Cephalopoda
- Ceratitida
- Xenoceltitidae
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Glyptophiceras sp.
Spath 1930
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Cephalopoda
- Ceratitida
- Xenodiscidae
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Ophiceras demissum
(Oppel 1862)
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| recombined as Metophiceras demissum | ||||||||||
| probaly a synonm of Hypophiceras | ||||||||||
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Glyptophiceras pascoei
Spath 1930
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| recombined as Tompophiceras pascoei | ||||||||||
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Hypophiceras gracile
(Spath 1930)
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Glyptophiceras pseudellipticum
Spath 1930
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| synonym of Hypophiceras gracile | ||||||||||
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Cephalopoda
- Ceratitida
- Ophiceratidae
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Discophiceras wordiei
(Spath 1930)
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Ophiceras kochi
Spath 1930
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| recombined as Ophiceras (Discophiceras) kochi | ||||||||||
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Ophiceras chamunda
Diener 1897
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| synonym of Ophiceras medium | ||||||||||
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Ophiceras commune
(Spath 1930)
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Ophiceras subsakuntala
Spath 1935
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Ophiceras gibbosum
(Griesbach 1880)
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| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Greenland |
| Coordinates: | 73.9° North, 21.4° West (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 31.0° North, 12.5° East |
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark |
Time
| Period: | Triassic | Epoch: | Early/Lower Triassic |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Triassic 1 | ||
| Key time interval: | Griesbachian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 251.90200 - 251.40000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Wordie Creek | Local bed: | Ophiceras wordiei | ||
| Stratigraphy comments: The ammonoid fauna listed suggests bith Lower and Upper Griesbachian beds were sampled |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | claystone |
| Lithology description: clayey horizon with marly concretions | |
Taphonomy
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | surface (in situ),field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 48113 | ||
| Authorizer: | A. McGowan, M. Clapham | Enterer: | A. McGowan, M. Clapham |
| Modifier: | A. McGowan | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2005-03-14 05:16:37 | Last modified: | 2005-03-14 07:16:38 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2005-03-14 05:16:36 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 12885. | L. F. Spath. 1930. The Eotriassic invertebrate fauna of East Greenland. Meddeleser om Grønland 83(1):1-90 [A. McGowan/A. McGowan/A. McGowan] |
Secondary references:
| 60793 | W. J. Foster, S. Danise, and R. J. Twitchett. 2017. A silicified Early Triassic marine assemblage from Svalbard. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 15:851-877 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner/M. Clapham] | |
| 29053 | N. D. Newell. 1955. Permian pelecypods of east Greenland. Meddelelser om Grønland 110(4):1-36 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham] |