Where: Svalbard and Jan Mayen (78.3° N, 16.6° E: paleocoordinates 41.7° N, 8.8° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

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

• The thickness of the bed varies due to uneven compaction of the surrounding shale. The maximum thickness is about 5 cm but generally the deposit is thinner. The Bajarunia euomphala Zone and the Parasibirites grambergi Zone are equally likely whereas placement in the Keyserlingites subrobustus Zone is very unlikely though it cannot be completely excluded. The Bajarunia euomphala Zone is of early Spathian age while the Parasibirites grambergi Zone is of early to middle Spathian age.

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: offshore; lithified, nodular shale

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by Spitsbergen Mesozoic Research Group in 2015

• Repository: Natural History Museum, University of Oslo

Primary reference: J. Bratvold, L. L. Delsett, and J. H. Hurum. 2018. Chondrichthyans from the Grippia bonebed (Early Triassic) of Marmierfjellet, Spitsbergen. Norwegian Journal of Geology 98:189-217 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 196857: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 10.10.2018, edited by Mark Uhen

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