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

Where: Svalbard and Jan Mayen (78.3° N, 16.6° E: paleocoordinates 69.4° N, 17.6° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Valanginian (139.8 - 132.9 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 212947: authorized by William Foster, entered by William Foster on 23.08.2020

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Taxonomic list

unclassified
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Cephalopoda
 Ammonitida - Polyptychitidae
Bivalvia
 Pectinida - Buchiidae
"Aucella inflata" = Buchia inflata, "Aucella cf. keyserlingi" = Buchia keyserlingi, "Aucella cf. sokolovi" = Buchia, "Aucella cf. bulloides" = Buchia, "Aucella tollsi" = Buchia, Aucella cf. crassa, "Aucella volgensis" = Buchia volgensis, "Aucella okensis" = Buchia okensis, "Aucella terebratuloides" = Buchia terebratuloides
"Aucella inflata" = Buchia inflata Toula 1888 scallop
"Aucella cf. keyserlingi" = Buchia keyserlingi Lahusen 1888 scallop
"Aucella cf. sokolovi" = Buchia scallop
"Aucella cf. bulloides" = Buchia scallop
"Aucella tollsi" = Buchia scallop
Aucella cf. crassa Pavlow 1907 scallop
"Aucella volgensis" = Buchia volgensis Lahusen 1888 scallop
"Aucella okensis" = Buchia okensis Pavlow 1907 scallop
"Aucella terebratuloides" = Buchia terebratuloides Lahusen 1888 scallop