Where: Svalbard and Jan Mayen (77.4° N, 15.9° E: paleocoordinates 66.4° N, 14.1° 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, ca. 350 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 174869: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 29.11.2015
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Cephalopoda | |
Arcthoplites birkenmajeri Nagy 1970 ammonite |