Kovalevskifjellet, Brevassfjellet Bed, Spitsbergen (Triassic of Norway)

Where: Svalbard, Norway (76.9° N, 15.9° E: paleocoordinates 40.4° N, 11.4° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Kistefjellet Member (Vardebukta Formation), Dienerian (250.5 - 251.2 Ma)

• Brevassfjellet Bed

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified conglomerate

• clastic polymict conglomerates

Size class: mesofossils

Collection methods: peel or thin section,

• also present: bivalves and brachiopods

Primary reference: H. A. Nakrem and A. Mork. 1991. New early Triassic Bryozoa (Trepostomata) from Spitsbergen, with some remarks on the stratigraphy of the investigated horizons. Geological Magazine 128(2):129-140 [D. Bottjer/C. Powers/C. Jamet]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 32973: authorized by David Bottjer, entered by Catherine Powers on 21.07.2003

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Taxonomic list

Stenolaemata
 Trepostomida - Stenoporidae
"Paralioclema winsnesi" = Arcticopora winsnesi
"Paralioclema winsnesi" = Arcticopora winsnesi Nakrem and Mork 1991