Where: Svalbard and Jan Mayen (78.3° N, 17.6° E: paleocoordinates 41.8° N, 9.0° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: Sticky Keep Member (Kongressfjellet Formation), Smithian (251.3 - 247.2 Ma)
• From the "Fischniveau" (fish horizon) of the "Posidonomya Beds" (Wiman 1914; Nilsson 1942)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; lithified, black shale
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: PIU: Palaeontological Institute of the University of Uppsala
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 120228: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Christina Feng on 09.11.2011, edited by Matthew Clapham and Richard Butler
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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"Cyclotosaurus spitzbergensis n. sp." = Cyclotosaurus spitzbergensis3, "cf. Sassenisaurus spitzbergensis" = Cyclotosaurus spitzbergensis1
"Cyclotosaurus spitzbergensis n. sp." = Cyclotosaurus spitzbergensis3 Wiman 1914 tetrapod PIU U.82, anterior palate
"cf. Sassenisaurus spitzbergensis" = Cyclotosaurus spitzbergensis1 Wiman 1914 tetrapod PIU U.72, 90, 92
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Peltostega erici n. gen. n. sp.4
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Platystega depressa n. gen. n. sp.3
Platystega depressa n. gen. n. sp.3 Wiman 1914 tetrapod PIU U.16, internal mould of a skull (holotype)
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"Lyrocephalus euri" = Lyrocephaliscus euri3
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| Coelacanthimorpha | |
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Wimania sinuosa Stensiö 1921 coelacanth
Axelia robusta Stensiö 1921 coelacanth | |
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Mylacanthus lobatus n. sp. Stensiö 1921 coelacanth
Mylacanthus spinosus Stensiö 1921 coelacanth | |
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Sassenia tuberculata Stensiö 1921 lobe-finned fish | |
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Scleracanthus asper Stensiö 1921 lobe-finned fish | |
| Osteichthyes | |
Boreosomus reuterskioldi, Acrorhabdus asplundi n. sp., Acrorhabdus latistriatus n. sp., Acrorhabdus bertili
Boreosomus reuterskioldi Stensiö 1921 ray-finned fish
Acrorhabdus asplundi n. sp. Stensiö 1921 ray-finned fish
Acrorhabdus latistriatus n. sp. Stensiö 1921 ray-finned fish
Acrorhabdus bertili Stensiö 1921 ray-finned fish | |
Saurichthys hamiltoni2, "Saurichthys ornatus" = Saurichthys (Lepidosaurichthys) ornatus2, "Saurichthys elongatus" = Saurichthys (Lepidosaurichthys) elongatus2
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Birgeria mougeoti Agassiz 1843 | |
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Pygopterus degeeri Stensiö 1921 | |
| Actinopteri | |
"Perleidus woodwardi" = Teffichthys woodwardi
"Perleidus woodwardi" = Teffichthys woodwardi Stensiö 1921 | |
| Chondrichthyes | |
Palaeobates polaris n. sp.
Palaeobates polaris n. sp. Stensiö 1921 elasmobranch | |