NW side of Mt Congress (Mt. Middelhook) (Triassic of Svalbard and Jan Mayen)

Where: Svalbard and Jan Mayen (78.6° N, 15.3° E: paleocoordinates 57.6° N, 10.7° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Svalbard Formation, Late/Upper Triassic (237.0 - 201.4 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; green sandstone

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: PIU: Palaeontological Institute of the University of Uppsala

Primary reference: C. Wiman. 1914. Über die Stegocephalen aus der Trias Spitzbergens. Bulletin of the Geological Institutions of the University of Uppsala 13:1-34 [R. Butler/R. Butler]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 144044: authorized by Richard Butler, entered by Richard Butler on 29.04.2013

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Amphibia
 Temnospondyli - Mastodonsauridae
Capitosaurus polaris n. sp. Wiman 1914 tetrapod
PIU U.120, fragment of skull roof