Where: Svalbard and Jan Mayen (78.3° N, 15.9° E: paleocoordinates 69.5° N, 15.6° 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 163967: 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 rogovi Hryniewicz et al. 2014 pointed nut clam | |
Solemya (Petrasma) cf. woodwardiana Leckenby 1859 Awning Clam | |
Nucinella svalbardensis Hryniewicz et al. 2014 Nut Clam | |
Buchia spp. Rouillier 1845 scallop | |
Oxytoma octavia Orbigny 1850 scallop | |
Pseudotrapezium aff. groenlandicum Spath 1936 clam | |
Lingulata | |
"Lingularia ? similis" = Lingularia krausei
"Lingularia ? similis" = Lingularia krausei Dames 1874 |