MEDDELELSEK OM GRUNLAND U1)GIVKE hF
ICOMMISSIONEN FOR VIDENSKAHELIGE UNDERSBGELSRH I GR0NLAND
BD. 154
. NR.4
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MEDDELELSEK OM GRUNLAND U1)GIVKE hF
ICOMMISSIONEN FOR VIDENSKAHELIGE UNDERSBGELSRH I GR0NLAND
BD. 154
. NR.4
D E IIANSKE EKSPEDITIONER TIL DSTGRONLAND 1947-58 UNDERLEDELSE A F LAUGE KOCH
STRATIGRAPHY AND AMMONITE FAUNA OF THE VOLGIAN AND BERRIASIAN ROCKS OF EAST GREENLAND BY
IIESMOND T. DONOVAN
WITH 3 F I G U R E S I N THF: T E X T AND 9 Pl.A'CICS
K0HENHAVN
C. A. REITZELS F O R L A G B I A N C O L U N O S B O C T H Y K K E R l A/S
1964
COKTENTS PBYC
I'rrface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 .ibstract . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 I . Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 IT . Thr localities and t.hcir stratigraphy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 1. Milne Land . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 2 . Soutll-western Jorrlesun Land . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Y 3 . Northenr Wollastun Forland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 4 Weslern Kuhn O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.1 5 . East.crn Kuhn M . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 3 6 . The ammonite sequence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 111 Correlation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I h 1. Russia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I 4 2 . England . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 3 . Conclllsions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 I\. . Systematic paloeontology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 1. Referrrlces tu litrruture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
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I'KEFACE
D
ilrlng the summer of 1957, as a member of 1,nucc KOCH'SExpedition t o East. Grrcrrland of that year, I was able t o visit most of the localities which are of importance for working out the latcst Jurassic anrl earliest Cretaceous succession. The exceptions were soulh-wcstern Jameson Land, and castern Kuhn f3,which 1 was not able t o reach. As a result I have been ablc t o review the rocks of this ago and bring ilp to date their correlation, and this is the object of this paper. I was accompanied by Mr. A. WYTTETRACII as field assistant, and wish t o thank him for his help. In Milne Land I also had the advantage 1 am indebted t o Dr. L A U G K of the company of Dr. J. H. CALLOMON. I a ~ ~ g e i lDeds, es locality 7 , mestern Kuhn 0 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21, Fix. 7 . ?Virgatosphir~cles sp. Jurassic: Laugcitcs Berls, locality 4 , western Knlin (1
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Plate VI.
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Figs. 1-3. Tollia groenlanrli,;n (SPA-I.").Cretaceous: L-pper Harldjield Sandslonr of easterrk Milne Land. 1 , from an altitude of 440 m, Harlz Fjeld; 2 , plastrr casl Irom a natural mould, altitude nf 6 2 5 111, Hartz Fjcld; 3 , impression from a nal.ura1 mould, Hennigryggen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 8
Fig. 4. 'l'ollia bidcueza ( H o c o s r . o r s ~ u ) Plaster . cast from a natural mo~$lrl. Cretaceous: 'pper Hartzfjcld Sanilslone, just helow the summit of Hennigryggen, eastern Milne Land . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 Fig. 5. Tollia cl. payeri [ T o o ~ a ) Cretaccoiis: . Lower Niesen Ecds, from an altiturlo of 365 m. on the rrurthern side of the Xiesen, northern Wollaston Forland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
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Plate VII. Page
Fig. 1. S u r i t ~ at;iku:inin,~u ( R u < : r i s l . n v s ~ ~Plrrstpr ), cast from nalural monld. Cralacen~ls:T.ouer Nirsrn U ~ d s allih~rle , 305 rn, on the northern sidr of Ihr Niesen, northern Wollaston Forland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Figs. 2-5. 'Suriles' sp. ind. Cretaceous: Lower Nicscn Hccls, n n r l h r r ~ bside of the Nipsen, nortllern IVulluston Forland. 2, 3, 5 collectrd a l an allitudr of 3211 rn h ~ - . & , . J . . ' ~ ~ n o1852. n ~ ~ c4,, from an altitude of 360 m. The slil11i.elines of llir origin~lsnc ligs. 3 & 5 ape sIio\\-n in text~figures3 D, E.. . . . . . . 32
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PLATE VII.
Pare
Figs. 1, 2. iSuheraspediles suhur~delalu,~ SIIISYKWI.(IN. Holotypc, Svili~11Museun~ (Nat. tlisl.) 1lu.C36337~S I V I N N E ~ T roll. O S1 , X O . i ( j . 2, apprnx. ,,at. site. From thi: base or tllr Spilsbl- Slilrl~dstone,bcd D, Fnrdiugton Boring., I.irlcs., Engl:~nd . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 3 Figs. 0 , 4 . Srrhcrnspeditcs prirrti(luus S ~ I S X K R T ~Holotypc, ~N. Brilislr hluseum (Yat. Hist.) ni!. C36350, S w l n s ~ n ~coll. o ~ Frorri !lie base of tllp Spilshv Sundstonc, hcrl I), Fol,dinptum Raring, Lincs., lingland.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Fig. 5. Lnugciies internrrdir~s SII. nnv. Jurassic: Laugeilts nrds, localify I I . \~c~slevn Iiulln I3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 I7g. 6 . Laugaires pnrrirrs sp. n o r . Jurassic: L a u g ~ i l r sRrds, locality 10, western I