Where: Greenland (70.6° N, 53.1° W: paleocoordinates 62.9° N, 23.0° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Turritellakloft Member (Agatdal Formation), Selandian (61.6 - 59.2 Ma)
• member-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: deltaic; lithified, black shale and lithified sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: mechanical,
Primary reference: 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]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 22944: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Wolfgang Kiessling on 04.07.2002, edited by Uta Merkel
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Anthozoa | |
? Oculina becki Nielsen 1922 stony coral | |
Haimesiastraea (Haimesiastraea) groenlandica n. sp. stony coral | |
"Flabellum groenlandicum" = Flabellum anderssoni
"Flabellum groenlandicum" = Flabellum anderssoni Felix 1909 stony coral | |
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Gastropoda | |
Cylichna sp. Lovén 1846 snail
cf. Acteocina sp. Gray 1847 barrel-bubble | |
Ellipsoscapha sp. Stephenson 1941 snail | |
Bulla sp. Linnaeus 1758 snail | |
Nipteraxis sp. snail | |
Gilbertina sp. Morlett 1888 snail | |
"Ravniella groenlandica" = Tornatellaea (Ravniella), "Nonacteonina sp." = Nonactaeonina
"Ravniella groenlandica" = Tornatellaea (Ravniella) snail
"Nonacteonina sp." = Nonactaeonina snail | |
Odostomia sp. Fleming 1817 snail | |
Gegania sp. Jeffreys 1884 snail
Fimbriatella sp. Sacco 1895 snail | |
Crepidula sp. Lamarck 1799 slipper shell
Calyptraea sp. Lamarck 1799 slipper shell | |
Circulus sp. Jeffreys 1842 snail | |
Hipponix sp. Defrance 1819 hoof shell | |
Cossmannia sp. Newton 1891 snail | |
aff. Tibia sp. Röding 1798 true conch | |
Drepanocheilus sp. Meek 1864 snail
cf. Drepanocheilus sp. Meek 1864 snail | |
Ficus sp., "Fulguroficus sp." = Ficopsis (Fulguroficus)
Ficus sp. Röding 1798 fig shell
"Fulguroficus sp." = Ficopsis (Fulguroficus) Grabau 1904 fig shell | |
Exilia sp. Conrad 1860 snail | |
"Volutocorbis sp." = Athleta (Volutocorbis)
"Volutocorbis sp." = Athleta (Volutocorbis) Dall 1890 volute | |
Ancillarina sp. Bellardi 1882 snail | |
Cancelrana sp. Palmer 1937 snail
cf. Coptostoma sp. Cossmann 1899 snail | |
cf. Haplovoluta sp. Wade 1918 snail | |
Ancilla sp. Lamarck 1799 olive snail | |
"Turricula sp." = Turricula, "Surcula sp." = Turricula, "Crenaturricula sp." = Turricula (Crenaturricula)
"Turricula sp." = Turricula Schumacher 1817 snail
"Surcula sp." = Turricula Schumacher 1817 snail
"Crenaturricula sp." = Turricula (Crenaturricula) Vokes 1939 snail | |
Clinura sp. Bellardi 1875 snail | |
"Pseudotoma sp." = Genota (Pseudotoma), Cordieria sp.
"Pseudotoma sp." = Genota (Pseudotoma) Bellardi 1875 snail
Cordieria sp. Rouault 1848 snail | |
Turridae indet. Swainson 1840 turrid
Turris sp. Röding 1798 turrid
Hemisurcula sp. Casey 1904 turrid
"Hemipleurotoma sp." = Gemmula Weinkauff 1875 turrid | |
cf. Levifusus sp. Conrad 1865 snail | |
Cominella sp., "cf. Pollia sp." = Cantharus (Pollia), ? Coptochetus sp., "cf. Trophonopsis sp." = Neptunea (Trophonopsis), Parvisipho sp., Laevibuccinum sp., Penion sp., cf. Penion sp., Siphonalia sp., Pseudoliva sp., Strepsidura sp., Suessonia sp.
Cominella sp. Gray 1850 true whelk
"cf. Pollia sp." = Cantharus (Pollia) Sowerby 1843 true whelk
? Coptochetus sp. Cossmann 1889 true whelk
"cf. Trophonopsis sp." = Neptunea (Trophonopsis) true whelk
Parvisipho sp. Cossmann 1889 true whelk
Laevibuccinum sp. Conrad 1865 true whelk
Penion sp. Fischer 1884 true whelk
cf. Penion sp. Fischer 1884 true whelk
Siphonalia sp. Adams 1863 true whelk
Pseudoliva sp. Swainson 1840 true whelk
Strepsidura sp. Swainson 1840 true whelk
Suessonia sp. Cossmann 1889 true whelk | |
Boltenella sp. Wade 1917 snail
Fusinus sp. Rafinesque 1815 snail | |
Protocypraea sp. Schilder 1927 cowry | |
Lunatia sp. Gray 1847 moon snail
aff. Amaurellina sp. Fischer 1885 moon snail
Polinices sp. Monfort 1810 moon snail | |
? Cerithiella sp. Verrill 1882 snail | |
Cerithiopsis sp. Hanley 1849 snail | |
"? Coniscala sp." = Epitonium (Coniscala)
"? Coniscala sp." = Epitonium (Coniscala) de Boury 1887 wentletrap | |
cf. Leucosyrinx sp. Dall 1889 snail | |
Mesalia sp. Gray 1847 turret shell
Turritella sp. Lamarck 1799 turret shell | |
Calliostoma sp. Swainson 1840 top snail | |
Ataphrus sp. Gabb 1869 snail | |
Chilodontinae indet. Wenz 1938 snail | |
"Semperia sp." = Emarginula (Semperia), Emarginulina sp.
"Semperia sp." = Emarginula (Semperia) Crosse 1867 snail
Emarginulina sp. Goldfuss 1870 snail | |
? Leptomaria sp. Eudes-Deslongchamps 1864 snail
Conotomaria sp. Cox 1959 snail | |
Neritoplica sp. Oppenheim 1892 snail | |
Patella sp. Linnaeus 1758 limpet | |
aff. Tudicla sp. Röding 1798 snail |