Ceratodus tunuensis-type locality (Triassic of Greenland)

Also known as Jameson Land Basin

Where: Lepidopteriselv, Greenland (71.3° N, 22.6° W: paleocoordinates 45.4° N, 2.0° W)

• coordinate stated in text

When: Ørsted Dal Member (Fleming Fjord Formation), Norian (228.0 - 208.5 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithified, calcareous mudstone

• Thin calcareous mudstone layer

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: F. L. Agnolin, O. Mateus, J. Milàn, M. Marzola, O. Wings, J. S. Adolfssen, and L. B. Clemmensen. 2018. Ceratodus tunuensis, sp. nov., a new lungfish (Sarcopterygii, Dipnoi) from the Upper Triassic of central East Greenland. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 38(2):e1439834 [G. Lloyd/G. Lloyd]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 194745: authorized by Graeme Lloyd, entered by Graeme Lloyd on 28.06.2018

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Taxonomic list

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Osteichthyes
 Dipnoi - Ceratodontidae
Ceratodus tunuensis n. sp.
Ceratodus tunuensis n. sp. Agnolin et al. 2018 lungfish
NHMD 11590, NHMD 11911, NHMD 115912, NHMD 115913, NHMD 115914, NHMD 115915, NHMD 115916, NHMD 115917