Mt. Rotunda (Student Valley) (Triassic of Svalbard and Jan Mayen)

Where: Svalbard and Jan Mayen (78.5° N, 15.9° E: paleocoordinates 41.8° N, 8.5° E)

When: Smithian (251.3 - 247.2 Ma)

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified siliciclastic sediments

Size class: macrofossils

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 120229: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Christina Feng on 09.11.2011

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Taxonomic list

Osteichthyes
 Saurichthyiformes - Saurichthyidae
"Saurichthys elongatus" = Saurichthys (Lepidosaurichthys) elongatus Stensiö 1925 ray-finned fish
Coelacanthimorpha
 Coelacanthiformes - Whiteiidae
Wimania multistriata n. sp. Stensiö 1921 coelacanth
Actinopteri
 Perleidiformes - Perleididae
"Perleidus woodwardi" = Teffichthys woodwardi
"Perleidus woodwardi" = Teffichthys woodwardi Stensiö 1921