Where: Svalbard and Jan Mayen (78.3° N, 17.8° E: paleocoordinates 41.8° N, 9.1° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• 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 120232: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Christina Feng on 09.11.2011, edited by Matthew Clapham, Richard Butler and Bethany Allen
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Osteichthyes | |
Pygopterus degeeri Stensiö 1921 | |
Birgeria mougeoti Agassiz 1843 | |
Saurichthys hamiltoni3, "Saurichthys elongatus" = Saurichthys (Lepidosaurichthys) elongatus3, "Saurichthys ornatus" = Saurichthys (Lepidosaurichthys) ornatus3
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Coelacanthimorpha | |
Scleracanthus asper Stensiö 1921 lobe-finned fish | |
Axelia robusta Stensiö 1921 coelacanth
? Wimania sp. Stensio 1921 coelacanth
Wimania multistriata Stensiö 1921 coelacanth | |
Amphibia | |
Boreosaurus thorslundi n. gen. n. sp.2
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"cf. Sassenisaurus spitzbergensis" = Cyclotosaurus spitzbergensis2
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"Lyrocephalus euri" = Lyrocephaliscus euri2
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Cephalopoda | |
"Prosphingites spathi" = Juvenites spathi1
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