Wiche Bukta (Triassic of Norway)

Where: Svalbard, Norway (78.5° N, 18.9° E: paleocoordinates 42.1° N, 3.2° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Upper Saurian Niveau Formation, Ladinian (242.0 - 237.0 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: P. M. Sander. 1992. Cymbospondylus (Shastasauridae: Ichthyosauria) from the Middle Triassic of Spitsbergen: filling a paleobiogeographic gap. Journal of Paleontology 66(2):332-337 [M. Carrano/H. Street]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 102303: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Hallie Street on 13.01.2011

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Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Ichthyosauria - Cymbospondylidae
Cymbospondylus sp. Leidy 1868 ichthyosaur
PIMUZ A/III 554; Figure 5.1, 5.2; A/III 555; Figure 5.3, 5.4