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
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 | |
Promyalina schamarae Bittner 1899 clam | |
Neoschizodus laevigatus Ziethen 1830 clam | |
"? Austrotindaria canalensis" = Unionites canalensis, Unionites aff. subrectus
"? Austrotindaria canalensis" = Unionites canalensis Catullo 1847 clam
Unionites aff. subrectus Bittner 1901 clam | |
Austrotindaria antiqua Foster et al. 2017 clam
Austrotindaria svalbardensis Foster et al. 2017 clam | |
Nucinella taylori Foster et al. 2017 Nut Clam | |
Gastropoda | |
Glabrocingulum parvum Foster et al. 2017 snail | |
Warthia zakharovi Kaim 2009 snail |