Corrie Down, Sassen Bay (lower Saurian horizon) (Triassic of Svalbard and Jan Mayen)

Where: Svalbard and Jan Mayen (78.4° N, 16.6° E: paleocoordinates 41.8° N, 8.7° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Spathian (251.3 - 247.2 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified siliciclastic sediments

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: E. A. Stensiƶ. 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 120374: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 11.11.2011

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Taxonomic list

Osteichthyes
 Ptycholepiformes - Ptycholepididae
Boreosomus scaber Stensiƶ 1921 ray-finned fish