Sassenfjorden, Mountain side (Triassic of Svalbard and Jan Mayen)

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

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Taxonomic list

unclassified
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Cephalopoda
 Ceratitida - Ptychitidae
Ptychites trochleaeformis Lindstroem 1865 ceratite
Bivalvia
 Ostreida - Halobiidae
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