Where: Svalbard and Jan Mayen (78.3° N, 15.8° E: paleocoordinates 69.5° N, 15.5° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Tithonian (152.1 - 145.0 Ma)
• "Volgian"
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: offshore shelf; lithified carbonate
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: Repository: Paleontological Collection of the Natural History Museum, University of Oslo
Primary reference: M. R. Sandy, K. Hryniewicz, O. Hammer, H. A. Nakrem, and C. T. S. Little. 2014. Brachiopods from the Late Jurassic-Early Cretaceous hydrocarbon seep deposits, central Spitsbergen, Svalbard. Zootaxa 3884(6):501-532 [M. Clapham/M. Manojlovic]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 163966: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Marko Manojlovic on 21.11.2014, edited by Mihaela Krause
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia | |
Mesosaccella toddi Hryniewicz et al. 2014 pointed nut clam
Mesosaccella rogovi Hryniewicz et al. 2014 pointed nut clam | |
Solemya (Petrasma) cf. woodwardiana Leckenby 1859 Awning Clam | |
Nucinella svalbardensis Hryniewicz et al. 2014 Nut Clam | |
Pectinida indet. Gray 1854 scallop | |
Buchia spp. Rouillier 1845 scallop | |
Oxytoma octavia Orbigny 1850 scallop | |
Camptonectes spp. Meek 1864 scallop | |
Goniomya literata Sowerby 1819 clam | |
Pseudotrapezium aff. groenlandicum Spath 1936 clam | |
Rhynchonellata | |
Ptilorhynchia obscuricostata Dagys 1968 | |
? Uralella sp. Makridin 1960
? Uralella cf. janimaniensis Makridin 1964 | |
Placothyris ? kegeli Harper et al. 2005 | |
? Cyrtothyris sp. Middlemiss 1959 |