LD-05, Lusitaniadalen (Triassic of Svalbard and Jan Mayen)

Where: Svalbard and Jan Mayen (78.3° N, 16.7° E: paleocoordinates 41.7° N, 10.7° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Hindeodus parvus conodont zone, Deltadalen Member (Vikinghøgda Formation), Griesbachian (251.9 - 250.5 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified, concretionary siltstone

• carbonate concretions

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: replaced with silica

Reposited in the BMNH

Collection methods: chemical

Primary reference: W. J. Foster, S. Danise, and R. J. Twitchett. 2017. A silicified Early Triassic marine assemblage from Svalbard. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 15:851-877 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 182612: authorized by Pete Wagner, entered by Pete Wagner on 10.11.2016

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Bivalvia
 Myalinida - Myalinidae
Promyalina schamarae Bittner 1899 clam
 Trigoniida - Myophoriidae
Neoschizodus laevigatus Ziethen 1830 clam
 Cardiida - Anthracosiidae
"? Austrotindaria canalensis" = Unionites canalensis, Unionites aff. subrectus
"? Austrotindaria canalensis" = Unionites canalensis Catullo 1847 clam
Unionites aff. subrectus Bittner 1901 clam
 Nuculanida - Tindariidae
Austrotindaria antiqua Foster et al. 2017 clam
Austrotindaria svalbardensis Foster et al. 2017 clam
 Solemyida - Nucinellidae
Nucinella taylori Foster et al. 2017 Nut Clam
Gastropoda
 Murchisoniina - Gosseletinidae
Glabrocingulum parvum Foster et al. 2017 snail
 Bellerophontida - Euphemitidae
Warthia zakharovi Kaim 2009 snail