Locality 6, Ulladalen (Cretaceous of Svalbard and Jan Mayen)

Where: Svalbard and Jan Mayen (77.6° N, 15.3° E: paleocoordinates 66.6° N, 13.6° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Leymeriella tardefurcata ammonoid zone, Innkjegla Member (Carolinefjellet Formation), Early/Lower Albian (112.0 - 109.0 Ma)

• Local Freboldiceras fauna (assigned with question), ca. 320 m below the base of the Tertiary.

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified shale

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: Repository: Paleontological Museum of the University of Oslo

Primary reference: J. Nagy. 1970. Ammonite faunas and stratigraphy of Lower Cretaceous (Albian) rocks in southern Spitsbergen. Norsk Polarinstitutt Skrifter 152:1-58 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 174860: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 29.11.2015

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Taxonomic list

Cephalopoda
 Ammonitida - Desmoceratidae
Grantziceras cf. glabrum Whiteaves 1889 ammonite