Mt. Milne Edwards (Triassic of Svalbard and Jan Mayen)

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
 Palaeonisciformes - Pygopteridae
Pygopterus degeeri Stensiö 1921
 Palaeonisciformes - Birgeriidae
Birgeria mougeoti Agassiz 1843
 Saurichthyiformes - Saurichthyidae
Saurichthys hamiltoni3 Stensiö 1925 ray-finned fish
"Saurichthys elongatus" = Saurichthys (Lepidosaurichthys) elongatus3 Stensiö 1925 ray-finned fish
"Saurichthys ornatus" = Saurichthys (Lepidosaurichthys) ornatus3 Stensiö 1925 ray-finned fish
Coelacanthimorpha
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Scleracanthus asper Stensiö 1921 lobe-finned fish
 Coelacanthiformes - Whiteiidae
Axelia robusta Stensiö 1921 coelacanth
? Wimania sp. Stensio 1921 coelacanth
Wimania multistriata Stensiö 1921 coelacanth
Amphibia
 Temnospondyli -
Boreosaurus thorslundi n. gen. n. sp.2
Boreosaurus thorslundi n. gen. n. sp.2 Nilsson 1943 tetrapod
PIU U.45, natural cast of mandible
 Temnospondyli - Mastodonsauridae
"cf. Sassenisaurus spitzbergensis" = Cyclotosaurus spitzbergensis2
"cf. Sassenisaurus spitzbergensis" = Cyclotosaurus spitzbergensis2 Wiman 1914 tetrapod
PIU U. 76
 Temnospondyli - Trematosauridae
Aphaneramma rostratus2 tetrapod
PIU U.48
Tertrema acuta4 Wiman 1914 tetrapod
PIU U.27
 Temnospondyli - Lyrocephaliscidae
"Lyrocephalus euri" = Lyrocephaliscus euri2
"Lyrocephalus euri" = Lyrocephaliscus euri2 Wiman 1914 tetrapod
PIU U.74. 75
Cephalopoda
 Ceratitida - Meekoceratidae
"Prosphingites spathi" = Juvenites spathi1
"Prosphingites spathi" = Juvenites spathi1 Frebold 1930 ceratite