Where: Svalbard and Jan Mayen (77.7° N, 17.4° E: paleocoordinates 66.5° N, 12.2° 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, 250 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 174881: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 29.11.2015
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Cephalopoda | |
Hoplites (Hoplites) svalbardensis Nagy 1970 ammonite | |
Grycia sablei Imlay 1961 ammonite
Grycia whittingtoni Imlay 1961 ammonite |