Where: Svalbard and Jan Mayen (78.3° N, 16.6° E: paleocoordinates 41.7° N, 2.9° E)
• coordinate stated in text
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Blankurshen Member (Botneheia Formation), Ladinian (242.0 - 237.0 Ma)
Environment/lithology: marine; silty claystone
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Preservation: mold/impression
Collection methods: bulk,
• They only list the startigraphical useful fossils
Primary reference: T.M. Pchelina. 1965. Stratigraphy and composition of the Mesozoic deposits in central Vestspitsbergen. In V.N. Sokolov (ed.), Geology of Spitsbergen 1:131-154 [W. Foster/W. Foster]more details
Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis
PaleoDB collection 212938: authorized by William Foster, entered by William Foster on 23.08.2020
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
Cephalopoda | |
Ptychites trochleaeformis Lindstroem 1865 ceratite | |
Bivalvia | |
Daonella ex gr. denisulcata, Daonella ex gr. degeeri, Daonella aff. subtenuis, Daonella cf. subarctica, "Daonella indica" = Daonella (Arzelella) indica, "Daonella frami" = Daonella (Arzelella) frami
Daonella ex gr. denisulcata oyster
Daonella ex gr. degeeri oyster
Daonella aff. subtenuis Kittl 1912 oyster
Daonella cf. subarctica Popov 1946 oyster
"Daonella indica" = Daonella (Arzelella) indica Bittner 1899 oyster
"Daonella frami" = Daonella (Arzelella) frami Kittl 1907 oyster |