Festningen, Cliff exposure (Jurassic of Svalbard and Jan Mayen)

Where: Svalbard and Jan Mayen (78.1° N, 13.9° E)

• Paleocoordinates: 60.4° N, 12.8° E (Wright 2013)

• coordinate stated in text

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Oppdalsata-Slottsmoya Member (Agardfjellet Formation), Tithonian (149.2 - 143.1 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 212977: authorized by William Foster, entered by William Foster on 23.08.2020

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Taxonomic list

Cephalopoda
 Ammonitida - Perisphinctidae
Bivalvia
 Pectinida - Buchiidae
"Aucella fischeriana" = Buchia fischeriana, "Aucella ex gr. mosquensis" = Buchia piochii, "Aucella hyatti" = Buchia piochii, "Aucella cf. russiensis" = Buchia piochii, "Aucella cf. rugosa" = Buchia rugosa, "Aucella cf. tenuistriata" = Buchia, Aucella cf. krotovi, Aucella lahuseni
"Aucella fischeriana" = Buchia fischeriana d'Orbigny 1845 scallop
"Aucella ex gr. mosquensis" = Buchia piochii Gabb 1864 scallop
"Aucella hyatti" = Buchia piochii Gabb 1864 scallop
"Aucella cf. russiensis" = Buchia piochii Gabb 1864 scallop
"Aucella cf. rugosa" = Buchia rugosa Fischer 1837 scallop
"Aucella cf. tenuistriata" = Buchia scallop
Aucella cf. krotovi Pavlow 1907 scallop
Aucella lahuseni Pavlow 1907 scallop
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
 Thraciida - Thraciidae
Thracia incerta Thurmann 1836 clam
 Pholadomyida - Pholadomyidae