Where: Svalbard and Jan Mayen (78.6° N, 15.3° E)
• Paleocoordinates: 55.9° N, 21.2° E (Wright 2013)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-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 120366: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 11.11.2011, edited by Richard Butler
Creative Commons license: CC0 (CC0)
Taxonomic list
Osteichthyes | |
Boreosomus reuterskioldi Stensiö 1921 ray-finned fish | |
"Saurichthys elongatus" = Saurichthys (Lepidosaurichthys) elongatus3, "Saurichthys ornatus" = Saurichthys (Lepidosaurichthys) ornatus3, Saurichthys wimani3
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Coelacanthimorpha | |
Wimania multistriata Stensiö 1921 coelacanth
Wimania sinuosa Stensiö 1921 coelacanth
Axelia robusta Stensiö 1921 coelacanth
Axelia elegans n. sp. Stensiö 1921 coelacanth | |
Mylacanthus spinosus Stensiö 1921 coelacanth | |
Scleracanthus asper Stensiö 1921 lobe-finned fish | |
Amphibia | |
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"cf. Sassenisaurus spitzbergensis" = Cyclotosaurus spitzbergensis1
"cf. Sassenisaurus spitzbergensis" = Cyclotosaurus spitzbergensis1 Wiman 1914 tetrapod ENS 350, 351, unnumbered
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"Peltostega wimani" = Peltostega erici2
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Osteichthyes | |
Pygopterus degeeri Stensiö 1921 | |
Actinopteri | |
"Perleidus woodwardi" = Teffichthys woodwardi
"Perleidus woodwardi" = Teffichthys woodwardi Stensiö 1921 |