Locality 6, Brorson Halvø, Wollaston Forland: Early/Lower Valanginian, Greenland
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Cephalopoda
- Ammonitida
- Neocomitidae
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Delphinites (Pseudogarnieria) christenseni
Alsen and Rawson 2005
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Rhynchonellata
- Rhynchonellida
- Basiliolidae
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Lacunosella groenlandica
Owen 1976
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Rhynchonellata
- Terebratulida
- Pygopidae
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Pygope janitor
(Pictet 1867)
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Rhynchonellata
- Terebratulida
- Nucleatidae
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Nucleata sp.
Quenstedt 1868
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Rhynchonellata
- Terebratulida
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Placothyris kegeli n. sp.
Harper et al. 2005
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Rhynchonellata
- Terebratulida
- Zeilleriidae
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Rugitela hippopus
(Roemer 1840)
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Geography
| Country: | Greenland |
| Coordinates: | 74.6° North, 19.6° West (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 59.0° North, 12.3° East |
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map |
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Cretaceous | Epoch: | Early/Lower Cretaceous |
| Stage: | Valanginian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cretaceous 1 |
| Key time interval: | Early/Lower Valanginian | Ammonoid zone: | Delphinites (Pseudogarnieria) undulatoplicatilis |
| Age range of interval: | 139.80000 - 132.60000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Palnatokes Bjerg | Member: | Albrechts Bugt |
| Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | lithified mudstone |
| Lithology description: light grey, calcareous silty mudstone that weathers to yellowish colours | |
| Environment: | offshore shelf |
| Geology comments: Albrechts Bugt Member was deposited near the crest of a filled half-graben basin | |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | mold/impression |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Collection method comments: Repository: Geological Museum, Copenhagen (MGUH) | |
Metadata
| Database number: | 62641 | ||
| Authorizer: | W. Kiessling | Enterer: | U. Merkel |
| Modifier: | M. Clapham | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2006-07-25 00:01:55 | Last modified: | 2016-05-04 23:30:37 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2006-07-25 00:01:55 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 18051. | P. Alsen and P. F. Rawson. 2005. The Early Valanginian (Early Cretaceous) ammonite Delphinites (Pseudogarnieria) from North-East Greenland. Bulletin of the Geological Society of Denmark 52(2):201-212 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel] |
Secondary references:
| 18075 | D. A. T. Harper, P. Alsen, E. F. Owen and M. R. Sandy. 2005. Early Cretaceous brachiopods from North-East Greenland: Biofacies and biogeography. Bulletin of the Geological Society of Denmark 52(2):213-225 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel] |