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Kap Brewster, Sermersooq, Greenland

Group	Kap Brewster
Age:	23.0 - 11.6 Ma Miocene
Interval	Early Miocene - Middle Miocene
Lithology	siliciclastic, sandstone
Number of Collections	4
Number of Occurrences	25

Recorded Sample Locations

Location	Region	Stratigraphic Name
Cyrena beds	Sermersooq, Greenland	Kap Brewster

Associated Units

Stratigraphic Name	Age	Lithology	Occurrence Records
Kap Dalton	33.9 - 28.4 Ma Oligocene	sandstone	31

Recorded Fossils

Accepted Name	Type	Hierarchy	Age
Miliola sp. genus	6	Chromista : Foraminifera : Tubothalamea : Miliolida : Miliolidae : *Miliola*	23.03 - 11.608 Ma Miocene
Terebratulina sp. genus	6	Animalia : Brachiopoda : Rhynchonellata : Terebratulida : Cancellothyrididae : *Terebratulina*	23.03 - 11.608 Ma Miocene
Pliothyrina grandis species	7	Animalia : Brachiopoda : Rhynchonellata : Terebratulida : Terebratulidae : Pliothyrina : *Pliothyrina grandis*	23.03 - 11.608 Ma Miocene
Hemipatagus sp. genus	6	Animalia : Echinodermata : Echinoidea : Spatangoida : Loveniidae : *Hemipatagus*	23.03 - 11.608 Ma Miocene
Mytilus brewsterensis species	7	Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Mytilida : Mytilidae : Mytilus : *Mytilus brewsterensis*	23.03 - 11.608 Ma Miocene
Modiolus sp. genus	6	Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Mytilida : Mytilidae : *Modiolus*	23.03 - 11.608 Ma Miocene
Isognomon maxillata species	7	Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Ostreida : Malleidae : Isognomon : *Isognomon maxillata*	23.03 - 11.608 Ma Miocene
Ostrea sp. genus	6	Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Ostreida : Ostreidae : *Ostrea*	23.03 - 11.608 Ma Miocene
Chlamys sp. genus	6	Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Pectinida : Pectinidae : *Chlamys*	23.03 - 11.608 Ma Miocene
Chlamys (Plagioctenium) diprosopa species	7	Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Pectinida : Pectinidae : Argopecten : *Chlamys (Plagioctenium) diprosopa*	23.03 - 11.608 Ma Miocene
Chlamys scabrellus species	7	Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Pectinida : Pectinidae : Chlamys : *Chlamys scabrellus*	23.03 - 11.608 Ma Miocene
Lentipecten corneus species	7	Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Pectinida : Pectinidae : Lentipecten : *Lentipecten corneus*	23.03 - 11.608 Ma Miocene
Pecten pseudosolarium species	7	Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Pectinida : Pectinidae : Pecten : *Pecten pseudosolarium*	23.03 - 11.608 Ma Miocene
Placopecten sp. genus	6	Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Pectinida : Pectinidae : *Placopecten*	23.03 - 11.608 Ma Miocene
Plicatula sp. genus	6	Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Pectinida : Plicatulidae : *Plicatula*	23.03 - 11.608 Ma Miocene
Paphia sp. genus	6	Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Venerida : Veneridae : *Paphia*	23.03 - 11.608 Ma Miocene
Acmaea sp. genus	6	Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Acmaeidae : *Acmaea*	23.03 - 11.608 Ma Miocene

References

Hassan M. Y. (1953) Tertiary faunas from Kap Brewstwer, East Greenland, Meddeleser om Grønland 111 5, 1-42

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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