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Disko Fjord Locality 44-959, Disko Island, Qeqertalik, Greenland

Lat/Long (Decimal)69.4167,-54.2
Co-ordinates Derivationstated in text
Mindat.org Region (for given coordinates)Disko Island, Qeqertalik, Greenland

Collections

CollectionReferenceStratigraphic NameCommentsLithologyAge
Disko Fjord Locality 44-959Bennike O, Hansen K.B., et al (1994)"siliciclastic"0.0117 - 0 Ma
Quaternary

Recorded Fossils

Accepted NameHierarchyAge
Spirorbis sp.
genus
Animalia : Annelida : Polychaeta : Sabellida : Serpulidae : Spirorbis0.0117 - 0 Ma
Quaternary
Balanus sp.
genus
Animalia : Arthropoda : Maxillopoda : Sessilia : Balanidae : Balanus0.0117 - 0 Ma
Quaternary
Strongylocentrotus droebachiensis
species
Animalia : Echinodermata : Echinoidea : Camarodonta : Strongylocentrotidae : Strongylocentrotus : Strongylocentrotus droebachiensis0.0117 - 0 Ma
Quaternary
Hiatella (Hiatella) arctica
species
Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Hiatellida : Hiatellidae : Hiatella : Hiatella (Hiatella) arctica0.0117 - 0 Ma
Quaternary
Mytilus edulis
species
Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Mytilida : Mytilidae : Mytilus : Mytilus edulis0.0117 - 0 Ma
Quaternary
Chlamys (Chlamys) islandica
species
Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Pectinida : Pectinidae : Chlamys : Chlamys (Chlamys) islandica0.0117 - 0 Ma
Quaternary
Buccinum sp.
genus
Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Neogastropoda : Buccinidae : Buccinum0.0117 - 0 Ma
Quaternary
Scabrotrophon fabricii
species
Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Neogastropoda : Muricidae : Scabrotrophon : Scabrotrophon fabricii0.0117 - 0 Ma
Quaternary
Onoba aculeus
species
Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Littorinimorpha : Rissoidae : Onoba : Onoba aculeus0.0117 - 0 Ma
Quaternary
Testudinalia testudinalis
species
Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Lottiidae : Testudinalia : Testudinalia testudinalis0.0117 - 0 Ma
Quaternary

References

Bennike O, Hansen K.B., et al (1994) Quaternary marine stratigraphy and geochronology in central West Greenland, Boreas 23, 194-215
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