Sassendalen (Triassic of Norway)

Where: Svalbard, Norway (78.3° N, 17.6° E: paleocoordinates 41.8° N, 9.0° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• basin-level geographic resolution

When: Vendomdalen Member (Sticky Keep Formation), Spathian (251.3 - 247.2 Ma)

Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: J. M. Mazin and P. M. Sander. 1993. Palaeobiogeography of the Early and Late Triassic ichthyopterygia. Paleontologia Lombarda 2:93-107 [A. Dunhill/B. Allen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 196800: authorized by Alex Dunhill, entered by Bethany Allen on 08.10.2018

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Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Ichthyosauria - Grippiidae
Grippia longirostris Wiman 1929 ichthyosaur
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Svalbardosaurus crassidens n. gen. n. sp. Mazin 1981 reptile
SVT 332, "natural cast of a toothed bone"