Heimen Mount (Triassic of Svalbard and Jan Mayen)

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

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Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Ichthyosauria - Merriamosauridae
"Omphalosaurus nisseri" = Pessopteryx nisseri
"Omphalosaurus nisseri" = Pessopteryx nisseri Wiman 1910 ichthyosaur