Kangilia Ridge (Paleocene of Greenland)

Where: Greenland (70.7° N, 53.3° W: paleocoordinates 62.6° N, 20.7° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Eqalulik Formation, Danian (66.0 - 61.6 Ma)

• macrofauna of the Eqalulik Formation has early Danian affinities (Rosenkrantz, 1970), palyno- and nannostratigraphy suggest a late Danian age (upper NP3 – lower NP4 nannoplankton zone, 63–62 Ma; NøhrHansen & Sheldon 2000; Anthonissen & Ogg 2012).

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported

• relatively deep marine environment, with maximum water depth c. 700 m (Dam et al. 2009)

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by Abraham Løvstrøm in 1957

• of the Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland (GEUS)

Primary reference: A. Capobianco, E. Foreman, and M. Friedman. 2019. A Paleocene (Danian) osteoglossid (Teleostei, Osteoglossomorpha) from the Nuussuaq Basin of Greenland, with a brief review of Palaeogene marine bony tongue fishes . Papers in Palaeontology 2019:1-16 [P. Holroyd/P. Holroyd]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 206772: authorized by Patricia Holroyd, entered by Patricia Holroyd on 28.11.2019

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Taxonomic list

Actinopteri
 Osteoglossiformes - Osteoglossidae
Osteoglossidae indet. Bonaparte 1832 arowana
NHMD 72014 A+B