Where: Svalbard and Jan Mayen (78.3° N, 15.9° E: paleocoordinates 69.5° N, 15.6° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Tithonian (152.1 - 145.0 Ma)

• "Volgian"

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: offshore shelf; lithified carbonate

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: Repository: Paleontological Collection of the Natural History Museum, University of Oslo

Primary reference: K. Hryniewicz, C. T. Little, and H. A. Nakrem. 2014. Bivalves from the latest Jurassic-earliest Cretaceous hydrocarbon seep carbonates from central Spitsbergen, Svalbard. Zootaxa 3859(1):1-66 [W. Kiessling/M. Krause/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 167347: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Mihaela Krause on 12.03.2015

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