Saurie Hook, Ice Fjord (Triassic of Svalbard and Jan Mayen)

Where: Svalbard and Jan Mayen (78.5° N, 15.7° E: paleocoordinates 41.8° N, 8.4° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Spathian (251.3 - 247.2 Ma)

• Possibly from Lower Saurian horizon?

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by A.E. Nordenskiold in 1864

Primary reference: I. W. Hulke. 1873. Memorandum on some fossil vertebrate remains collected by the Swedish expeditions to Spitzbergen in 1864 and 1868. Bihang Till Kongliga Svenska Vetenskaps-Akademiens Handlingar 1(9):1-11 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 149381: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 03.08.2013, edited by Bethany Allen

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Bivalvia
 Ostreida - Halobiidae
Daonella lindstroemi1 Mojsisovics 1874 oyster
Reptilia
 Ichthyosauria -
"Ichthyosaurus polaris n. sp." = Pessosaurus polaris2
"Ichthyosaurus polaris n. sp." = Pessosaurus polaris2 Hulke 1873 ichthyosaur
 Ichthyosauria - Mixosauridae
"Mixosaurus nordenskioeldi n. sp." = Phalarodon fraasi2
"Mixosaurus nordenskioeldi n. sp." = Phalarodon fraasi2 Merriam 1910 ichthyosaur
Chondrichthyes
 Hybodontiformes - Acrodontidae
Acrodus spitzbergensis n. sp. Hulke 1873 elasmobranch