Where: Svalbard and Jan Mayen (78.1° N, 17.3° E: paleocoordinates 58.1° N, 10.6° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: kerri ammonoid zone, Lacian (221.5 - 215.6 Ma)
• Also correlated with Pinacoceras verchojanicum and Guembelites jandianus zones
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; lithified siliciclastic sediments
Size class: macrofossils
Collected by T.M. Pchelina, M.V. Korchinskaya in 1968
Primary reference: M. V. Korchinskaya. 1980. Rannenoriiskaya fauna arkhipelaga Sval'bard. In D.V. Semevskiy (ed.), Geologiya Osadochnogo Chekhla Arkhipelaga Sval'bard 30-43 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 151223: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 24.09.2013
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia | |
Oxytoma czekanowskii Teller 1886 scallop | |
Cephalopoda | |
Pterosirenites sp. Tozer 1980 ceratite | |
"Pterotoceras svalbardense n. sp." = Wangoceras svalbardense
"Pterotoceras svalbardense n. sp." = Wangoceras svalbardense Korchinskaya 1980 ceratite |