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April 3, 2026SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología0 citationsOpen Access

Campanian and Maastrichtian ammonites from East and North-East Greenland

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WKW. James KennedyUniversity of OxfordSKSimon R. A. KellyCaspian UniversitySSSimon Schneider

Key Points

  • This research aims to describe newly collected ammonites from Campanian and Maastrichtian strata in East and North-East Greenland.
  • Collection of ammonite specimens from various strata in East and North-East Greenland
  • Description and classification of early to late Campanian and Maastrichtian faunas
  • Comparison of newly identified taxa with existing stratigraphy
  • Identification of ammonite taxa previously unreported in eastern Greenland
  • Characterization of early and late Campanian faunas from specific locations
  • Documentation of early and late Maastrichtian faunas supporting regional geological stratigraphy

Abstract

Newly collected ammonites from Campanian and Maastrichtian strata in East and North-East Greenland are described. An early early Campanian fauna from Hold with Hope includes Neophylloceras, Pseudophyllites, Gaudryceras (Gaudryceras) mite (Hauer 1866) and Baculites. A latest early Campanian fauna from Geographical Society Ø comprises Pseudophyllites latus (Marshall 1926), Hoploscaphites cobbani (Birkelund 1965), and Baculites sp. Late Campanian assemblages from Geographical Society Ø and Traill Ø include Hoploscaphites greenlandicus (Donovan 1953) and Hoploscaphites compressus (Roemer 1841). In the Kangerlussuaq Basin, East Greenland, an early early Maastrichtian fauna contains Acanthoscaphites (Acanthoscaphites) tridens (Kner 1848), together with Anagaudryceras politissimum (Kossmat 1895) and other taxa. A later fauna is characterised by Discoscaphites angmartussutensis Birkelund (1965). Generally, early Maastrichtian faunas of the Kangerlussuaq Basin are dominated by Diplomoceras cylindraceum (Defrance 1816), and also contain Anagaudryceras, Saghalinites, and Baculites, together with the nautiloid Eutrephoceras. Maastrichtian faunas also occur reworked into the Paleocene. Most of these taxa are reported for the first time from eastern Greenland in this study, and their occurrence supports the existing stratigraphy.

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synapsesocial.com/papers/69cf5ced5a333a821460a83fhttps://doi.org/10.34194/geusb.ervjrt81
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