Where: Svalbard and Jan Mayen (78.6° N, 15.4° E: paleocoordinates 41.8° N, 5.7° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Anisian (247.2 - 242.0 Ma)
• "Middle Triassic (Lower Anisian)" (de Buffrenil & Mazin, 1990)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Reposited in the MNHN
Primary reference: V. de Buffrenil and J. M. Mazin. 1990. Bone histology of the ichthyosaurs: comparative data and functional interpretation. Paleobiology 16(4):435-447 [A. Dunhill/B. Allen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 196805: authorized by Alex Dunhill, entered by Bethany Allen on 08.10.2018
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Reptilia | |
"Omphalosaurus nisseri" = Pessopteryx nisseri
"Omphalosaurus nisseri" = Pessopteryx nisseri Wiman 1910 ichthyosaur |