Where: Svalbard and Jan Mayen (77.4° N, 15.8° E: paleocoordinates 66.2° N, 11.5° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Hoplites dentatus ammonoid zone, Zillerberget Member (Carolinefjellet Formation), Middle Albian (109.0 - 105.3 Ma)

• Local Hoplites fauna, 175 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 174868: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 29.11.2015

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