Also known as GCI 74-960
Where: Greenland (69.5° N, 53.7° W: paleocoordinates 69.5° N, 53.7° W)
• coordinate stated in text
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Holocene (0.0 - 0.0 Ma)
• 13m above sea level
• formation-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; unlithified siliciclastic sediments
Primary reference: O. Bennike, K.B. Hansen, K.L. Knudsen, D.N. Penney, and K.L. Rasmussen. 1994. Quaternary marine stratigraphy and geochronology in central West Greenland. Boreas 23:194-215 [A. Miller/K. Bulinski]more details
Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis
PaleoDB collection 75216: authorized by Arnold Miller, entered by Kate Bulinski on 26.09.2007
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
Thecostraca | |
Balanus balanus barnacle | |
Polychaeta | |
Bivalvia | |
Mytilus edulis Linnaeus 1758 mussel | |
Musculus sp. Roding 1798 mussel | |
"Chlamys islandica" = Chlamys (Chlamys) islandica
"Chlamys islandica" = Chlamys (Chlamys) islandica Müller 1776 scallop | |
"Mya truncata" = Mya (Mya) truncata
"Mya truncata" = Mya (Mya) truncata Linnaeus 1758 softshell clam | |
Gastropoda | |
Littorina sp. Ferussac 1821 periwinkle | |
Actinopteri | |
Cottidae sp. perch-like fish | |
Stichaeidae sp. perch-like fish | |
Echinoidea | |
Strongylocentrotus droebachiensis Müller 1776 sea urchin | |
Caulostrepsis sp. Clarke 1908 |