Sassen Bay, Mountain between De Geer Valley and Flower Valley (upper saurian) (Triassic of Svalbard and Jan Mayen)

Where: Svalbard and Jan Mayen (78.3° N, 16.6° E: paleocoordinates 41.7° N, 2.9° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Ladinian (242.0 - 237.0 Ma)

• Upper Saurian horizon

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified siliciclastic sediments

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: E. A. Stensiƶ. 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 120226: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Christina Feng on 09.11.2011

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Taxonomic list

Chondrichthyes
 Hybodontiformes - Acrodontidae
Acrodus oppenheimeri Stensiƶ 1921 elasmobranch