Where: Svalbard and Jan Mayen (78.3° N, 16.3° E: paleocoordinates 41.7° N, 8.7° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Sticky Keep Formation (Sassendalen Group), Spathian (251.3 - 247.2 Ma)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; lithified siliciclastic sediments
Size class: macrofossils
Reposited in the MNHN
Primary reference: E. A. Stensiö. 1921. Triassic Fishes from Spitzbergen, Part I 1-307 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 120222: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Christina Feng on 09.11.2011, edited by Matthew Clapham and Bethany Allen
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Chondrichthyes | |
Acrodus vermiformis n. sp. Stensiö 1921 elasmobranch
Acrodus spitzbergensis Hulke 1873 elasmobranch
Palaeobates "n. sp." elasmobranch | |
Hybodus microdus n. sp. Stensiö 1921 elasmobranch
Hybodus rapax n. sp. Stensiö 1921 elasmobranch
Hybodus sasseniensis n. sp. Stensiö 1921 elasmobranch | |
Osteichthyes | |
Birgeria mougeoti Agassiz 1843 | |
Reptilia | |
Quasianosteosaurus vikinghoegdai n. gen. n. sp.
Quasianosteosaurus vikinghoegdai n. gen. n. sp. Maisch and Matzke 2003 ichthyosaur MNHN SVT 331, partial skull
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Osteichthyes | |
Ceratodus sp. Agassiz 1838 lungfish | |
Boreosomus scaber Stensiö 1921 ray-finned fish |