Barentsøya, Triassic, Middle Division (Triassic of Svalbard and Jan Mayen)

Where: Barentsøya, Svalbard and Jan Mayen (78.5° N, 20.3° E: paleocoordinates 42.3° N, 3.5° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Tschermakfjellet Formation (Kapp Toscana Group), Ladinian (242.0 - 237.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: marine; sandstone

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Collection methods: bulk,

Primary reference: V.A. Klubov. 1965. The main features of the Geological structure of Barentsøya. In V.N. Sokolov (ed.), Geology of Spitsbergen 1:89-97 [W. Foster/W. Foster]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 212895: authorized by William Foster, entered by William Foster on 22.08.2020

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Taxonomic list

unclassified
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Stenozonotriletes
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Stenozonotriletes sp. Naumova 1953
Lycopodiopsida
 Selaginellales - Selaginellaceae
Polypodiopsida
 Cyatheales - Polypodiidae
Coniopteris ? sp. Brongniart 1849 scaly tree fern
  - Osmundaceae
Pteridopsida
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 Coniferales - Podocarpaceae
Podozamites sp. Braun 1843 podocarp
Lophotriletes
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