Seep 8, Wimanfjellet (Jurassic of Svalbard and Jan Mayen)

Where: Svalbard and Jan Mayen (78.3° N, 16.0° E: paleocoordinates 69.6° 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

• middle to outer shelf
• seep 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 163969: 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
 Nuculanida - Nuculanidae
Mesosaccella rogovi Hryniewicz et al. 2014 pointed nut clam
 Solemyida - Solemyidae
Solemya (Petrasma) cf. woodwardiana Leckenby 1859 Awning Clam
 Pectinida - Buchiidae
Buchia spp. Rouillier 1845 scallop
 Pectinida - Oxytomidae
Oxytoma octavia Orbigny 1850 scallop
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
 Cardiida - Arcticidae
Rhynchonellata
 Terebratulida - Lissajousithyrididae
 Terebratulida - Sellithyrididae
? Cyrtothyris sp. Middlemiss 1959