Where: Greenland (74.0° N, 21.6° W)
• Paleocoordinates: 43.9° N, 22.6° E (Wright 2013)
• coordinate estimated from map
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Wordie Creek Formation, Griesbachian (251.9 - 250.5 Ma)
• 215 m in section, from a loose block
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; lithified lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Collected by Lauge Koch, Noe-Nygaard, Bogvad in 1930-1931
Primary reference: L. F. Spath. 1935. Additions to the Eo-Triassic invertebrate fauna of east Greenland. Meddelelser om Grønland 98(2):1-115 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 118489: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 15.10.2011
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Taxonomic list
Gastropoda | |
Naticopsis arctica snail | |
"Bellerophon borealis" = Warthia borealis
"Bellerophon borealis" = Warthia borealis Spath 1930 snail | |
Bivalvia | |
"Pseudomonotis (Eumorphotis) cf. venetiana" = Eumorphotis venetiana
"Pseudomonotis (Eumorphotis) cf. venetiana" = Eumorphotis venetiana Hauer 1850 scallop | |
? Anomia (? Placunopsis) sp. Linnaeus 1758 jingle | |
"Myalina aff. schamarae" = Promyalina schamarae
"Myalina aff. schamarae" = Promyalina schamarae Bittner 1899 clam | |
"Enantiostreon cf. difforme" = Terquemia difformis
"Enantiostreon cf. difforme" = Terquemia difformis Schlotheim 1820 clam | |
"Anodontophora borealis n. sp." = Unionites borealis
"Anodontophora borealis n. sp." = Unionites borealis Spath 1935 clam | |
Lingulata | |
"Orbiculoidea cf. spitsbergensis" = Orbiculoidea spitzbergensis
"Orbiculoidea cf. spitsbergensis" = Orbiculoidea spitzbergensis Lundgren 1887 | |
"Lingula borealis" = Lingularia borealis
"Lingula borealis" = Lingularia borealis Bittner 1899 |