Laksebugt Locality 45-960 (Holocene of Greenland)

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

• Shell-bearing marine deposits

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

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Taxonomic list

unclassified
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Thecostraca
 Balanomorpha - Balanidae
Polychaeta
 Terebellomorpha -
Bivalvia
 Mytilida - Mytilidae
Mytilus edulis Linnaeus 1758 mussel
 Mytilida - Crenellidae
Musculus sp. Roding 1798 mussel
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
"Chlamys islandica" = Chlamys (Chlamys) islandica
"Chlamys islandica" = Chlamys (Chlamys) islandica Müller 1776 scallop
 Pholadida - Myidae
"Mya truncata" = Mya (Mya) truncata
"Mya truncata" = Mya (Mya) truncata Linnaeus 1758 softshell clam
Gastropoda
 Sorbeoconcha - Littorinidae
Littorina sp. Ferussac 1821 periwinkle
Actinopteri
 Perciformes - Cottidae
Cottidae sp. perch-like fish
 Perciformes - Stichaeidae
Stichaeidae sp. perch-like fish
Echinoidea
 Camarodonta - Strongylocentrotidae
Strongylocentrotus droebachiensis Müller 1776 sea urchin
 Ichnofossils -
Caulostrepsis sp. Clarke 1908