Rold Bjerge, Locality 80 (Cretaceous of Greenland)

Where: Greenland (72.8° N, 23.2° W: paleocoordinates 57.3° N, 10.1° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Berriasian (145.0 - 139.8 Ma)

• Infravalanginian (Berriasian) based on belemnites

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lithified, gray limestone

• tough dark grey limestone with minute mica flakes

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: cast

Collected by Dr. Desmond Donovan in 1950

• Repository: Copenhagen Mineralogical Museum

Primary reference: H. M. Muir-Wood. 1953. On Some Jurassic and Cretaceous Brachiopoda From Traill Ø, East Greenland. Meddelelser Om Gronland 111(6):1-15 [M. Clapham/M. Manojlovic]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 160102: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Marko Manojlovic on 14.08.2014

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Rhynchonellata
 Rhynchonellida - Rhynchonellidae
Rhynchonella cf. decipiens d'Orbigny 1850
imperfect specimen lacking the umbo of the pedicle valve