Where: Svalbard and Jan Mayen (78.3° N, 17.0° E: paleocoordinates 41.7° N, 8.9° 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 120230: 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
Coelacanthimorpha | |
Wimania multistriata Stensiö 1921 coelacanth | |
Sassenia tuberculata n. sp.
Sassenia tuberculata n. sp. Stensiö 1921 lobe-finned fish | |
Amphibia | |
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"Lyrocephalus euri" = Lyrocephaliscus euri3
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"Lonchorhynchus oebergi" = Aphaneramma rostratum3, "Lonchorhynchus sp." = Aphaneramma3, Tertrema acuta n. gen. n. sp.3
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Actinopteri | |
"Perleidus woodwardi" = Teffichthys woodwardi
"Perleidus woodwardi" = Teffichthys woodwardi Stensiö 1921 | |
Osteichthyes | |
Birgeria mougeoti Agassiz 1843 | |
Platysomus nathorsti n. sp.
Platysomus nathorsti n. sp. Stensiö 1921 | |
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