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

Where: Svalbard and Jan Mayen (78.3° N, 16.6° E: paleocoordinates 69.5° N, 15.3° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Kimmeridgian (157.3 - 152.1 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 212945: authorized by William Foster, entered by William Foster on 23.08.2020

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Taxonomic list

Bivalvia
 Mytilida - Mytilidae
"Modiola cf. strajeskiana" = Modiolus
"Modiola cf. strajeskiana" = Modiolus mussel
 Pectinida - Buchiidae
"Aucella cf. mosquensis" = Buchia piochii, "Aucella bronni" = Buchia
"Aucella cf. mosquensis" = Buchia piochii Gabb 1864 scallop
"Aucella bronni" = Buchia scallop
Cephalopoda
 Goniatitida - Prionoceratidae
Amoeboceras sokolovi Sokolov and Bodylevsky 1931 ammonite
Amoeboceras cf. kitchini Salfeld 1915 ammonite
 Belemnitida - Belemnitidae