Locality 8, Zillerberget, Suessbreen (Cretaceous of Svalbard and Jan Mayen)

Where: Svalbard and Jan Mayen (77.4° N, 15.7° E: paleocoordinates 66.4° N, 13.9° 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, 312 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 174862: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 29.11.2015

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Taxonomic list

Cephalopoda
 Ammonitida - Cleoniceratidae
Arcthoplites birkenmajeri Nagy 1970 ammonite