Milne Land M13/40 (Jurassic of Greenland)

Where: Greenland (70.5° N, 22.0° W)

• Paleocoordinates: 46.1° N, 13.8° E (Wright 2013)

• coordinate based on political unit

When: Middle Volgian zone, Pernaryggen Member (Kap Leslie Formation), Tithonian (152.1 - 145.0 Ma)

• M 13/40 bed

•see Birkelund, T. et al. 1984. Gronlands geol. Undersog. Bull. 147

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: offshore; glauconitic sandstone

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: bulk, mechanical,

Primary reference: F. T. Fürsich and D. K. Pandey. 1999. Genesis and environmental significance of Upper Cretaceous shell concentrations from the Cauvery Basin, southern India. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 145(1):119-139(21) [F. Fursich/F. Fursich/P. Wagner]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 1273: authorized by Franz Fursich, entered by Franz Fursich on 28.03.1999

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Taxonomic list

Sedentaria
 Sabellida - Serpulidae
Serpula intestinalis Gmelin 1791
(Cycloserpula)
Rhynchonellata
 Terebratulida - Boreiothyrididae
Taimyrothyris sp. Dagys 1968
Lingulata
 Lingulida - Discinidae
Gastropoda
 Trochoidea - Turbinidae
"Delphinula sp." = Angaria
"Delphinula sp." = Angaria Röding 1798 snail
 Heterostropha - Bullinidae
 Pseudomelanoidea - Pseudomelaniidae
Pseudomelania sp. Pictet and Campiche 1862 snail
Bivalvia
 Pholadida - Pleuromyidae
 Cardiida - Arcticidae
 Autobranchia -
Pterioida indet. Newell 1965 clam
"pteriacean bivalve (epibyssate)"
 Pectinida - Oxytomidae
"Oxytoma inequivalve" = Oxytoma inequivalvis
"Oxytoma inequivalve" = Oxytoma inequivalvis Sowerby 1819 scallop
 Pectinida - Buchiidae
Buchia mosquensis White 1885 scallop
 Pectinida - Entoliidae
Entolium orbiculare Sowerby 1817 scallop
 Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
 Ostreida - Pinnidae
 Ostreida - Malleidae