Mt. Marmier (fish horizon) (Triassic of Svalbard and Jan Mayen)

Where: Svalbard and Jan Mayen (78.3° N, 16.6° E: paleocoordinates 41.7° N, 8.8° 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 120296: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Christina Feng on 10.11.2011

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Taxonomic list

Coelacanthimorpha
 Coelacanthiformes - Whiteiidae
Axelia robusta Stensiö 1921 coelacanth
Osteichthyes
 Ptycholepiformes - Ptycholepididae
Boreosomus reuterskioldi Stensiö 1921 ray-finned fish
Boreosomus arcticus Woodward 1912 ray-finned fish
 Saurichthyiformes - Saurichthyidae
"Saurichthys ornatus" = Saurichthys (Lepidosaurichthys) ornatus Stensiö 1925 ray-finned fish
"Saurichthys elongatus" = Saurichthys (Lepidosaurichthys) elongatus Stensiö 1925 ray-finned fish
 Palaeonisciformes - Platysomidae
Platysomus nathorsti Stensiö 1921
 Palaeonisciformes - Birgeriidae
Birgeria mougeoti Agassiz 1843