Where: Spitsbergen, Svalbard and Jan Mayen (78.2° N, 17.5° E: paleocoordinates 41.7° N, 9.0° E)
• coordinate stated in text
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Bajarunia euomphala ammonoid zone, Vendomdalen Member (Vikinghøgda Formation), Spathian (251.3 - 247.2 Ma)
• "11.2m above the base" (Hounslow et al. 2008)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; shale
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: M. W. Hounslow, M. Hu, A. Mørk, W. Weitschat, J. Os Vigran, V. Karloukovski, and M. J. Orchard. 2008. Intercalibration of Boreal and Tethyan time scales: the magnetobiostratigraphy of the Middle Triassic and the latest Early Triassic from Spitsbergen, Arctic Norway. Polar Research 27(3):469-490 [A. Dunhill/B. Allen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis
PaleoDB collection 211371: authorized by Alex Dunhill, entered by Bethany Allen on 15.07.2020
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Cephalopoda | |
Bajarunia euomphala Keyserling 1845 ceratite |