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Svartenhuk Halvo Locality 9-939, Avannaata, Greenland
Lat/Long (Decimal) | 71.4667,-55.2 |
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Co-ordinates Derivation | stated in text |
Mindat.org Region (for given coordinates) | Avannaata, Greenland |
Collections
Collection | Reference | Stratigraphic Name | Comments | Lithology | Age |
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Svartenhuk Halvo Locality 9-939 | Bennike O, Hansen K.B., et al (1994) | no formation given-reaching altitudes of 35 m above sea level | "siliciclastic" | 0.126 - 0.0117 Ma Pleistocene |
Recorded Fossils
Accepted Name | Hierarchy | Age |
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Caulostrepsis sp. genus | Caulostrepsis | 0.126 - 0.0117 Ma Pleistocene |
Astarte borealis species | Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Carditida : Astartidae : Astarte : Astarte borealis | 0.126 - 0.0117 Ma Pleistocene |
Astarte elliptica species | Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Carditida : Astartidae : Astarte : Astarte elliptica | 0.126 - 0.0117 Ma Pleistocene |
Astarte montagui species | Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Carditida : Astartidae : Astarte : Astarte montagui | 0.126 - 0.0117 Ma Pleistocene |
Hiatella (Hiatella) arctica species | Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Hiatellida : Hiatellidae : Hiatella : Hiatella (Hiatella) arctica | 0.126 - 0.0117 Ma Pleistocene |
Mya (Mya) truncata species | Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Pholadida : Myidae : Mya : Mya (Mya) truncata | 0.126 - 0.0117 Ma Pleistocene |
References
Bennike O, Hansen K.B., et al (1994) Quaternary marine stratigraphy and geochronology in central West Greenland, Boreas 23, 194-215 |
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!