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Vesterdalen Locality 39-904, Disko Island, Qeqertalik, Greenland

Lat/Long (Decimal)	69.8667,-54.7667
Co-ordinates Derivation	stated in text
Mindat.org Region (for given coordinates)	Disko Island, Qeqertalik, Greenland

Collections

Collection	Reference	Comments	Lithology	Age
Vesterdalen Locality 38-905	Bennike O, Hansen K.B., et al (1994)	15-22m above sea level	"siliciclastic"	0.0117 - 0 Ma Quaternary
Vesterdalen Locality 38-906	Bennike O, Hansen K.B., et al (1994)	15-22m above sea level	"siliciclastic"	0.0117 - 0 Ma Quaternary
Vesterdalen Locality 39-904	Bennike O, Hansen K.B., et al (1994)	shells found in till in a moraine ridge	"siliciclastic"	0.781 - 0.126 Ma Pleistocene

Recorded Fossils

Accepted Name	Hierarchy	Age
Oichnus sp. genus	*Oichnus*	0.0117 - 0 Ma Quaternary
Balanus sp. genus	Animalia : Arthropoda : Maxillopoda : Sessilia : Balanidae : *Balanus*	0.0117 - 0 Ma Quaternary
Clinocardium (Ciliatocardium) ciliatum species	Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Cardiida : Cardiidae : Ciliatocardium : *Clinocardium (Ciliatocardium) ciliatum*	0.0117 - 0 Ma Quaternary
Serripes (Serripes) groenlandicus species	Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Cardiida : Cardiidae : Serripes : *Serripes (Serripes) groenlandicus*	0.0117 - 0 Ma Quaternary
Macoma (Macoma) calcarea species	Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Cardiida : Tellinidae : Macoma : *Macoma (Macoma) calcarea*	0.0117 - 0 Ma Quaternary
Astarte borealis species	Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Carditida : Astartidae : Astarte : *Astarte borealis*	0.781 - 0.126 Ma Pleistocene
Hiatella (Hiatella) arctica species	Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Hiatellida : Hiatellidae : Hiatella : *Hiatella (Hiatella) arctica*	0.781 - 0.126 Ma Pleistocene
Axinopsida orbiculata species	Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Lucinida : Thyasiridae : Axinopsida : *Axinopsida orbiculata*	0.0117 - 0 Ma Quaternary
Mytilus edulis species	Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Mytilida : Mytilidae : Mytilus : *Mytilus edulis*	0.0117 - 0 Ma Quaternary
Portlandia arctica species	Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Nuculanida : Yoldiidae : Portlandia : *Portlandia arctica*	0.0117 - 0 Ma Quaternary
Mya (Mya) truncata species	Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Pholadida : Myidae : Mya : *Mya (Mya) truncata*	0.781 - 0.126 Ma Pleistocene
Buccinum finmarkianum species	Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Neogastropoda : Buccinidae : Buccinum : *Buccinum finmarkianum*	0.0117 - 0 Ma Quaternary
Curtitoma reticulata species	Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Neogastropoda : Conidae : Curtitoma : *Curtitoma reticulata*	0.0117 - 0 Ma Quaternary
Euspira pallida species	Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Littorinimorpha : Naticidae : Euspira : *Euspira pallida*	0.0117 - 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

Hendy A. J. W., Buick D. P., et al (2008) Unpublished census data from Atlantic coastal plain and circum-Caribbean Neogene assemblages and taxonomic opinions

Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!

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