Where: Svalbard and Jan Mayen (78.6° N, 15.3° E: paleocoordinates 41.8° N, 8.3° E)
When: Lusitaniadalen Member (Vikinghogda Formation), Smithian (251.3 - 247.2 Ma)
• Originally it would have been the Sticky Keep Formation, but it has been renamed since.
Environment/lithology: offshore ramp; siltstone
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: H. Frebold. 1931. Fazielle Verhältnisse des Mesozoikums im Eisfjordgbiet Spitzbergens. In A. Hoel (ed.), Skrifter om Svalbard og Ishavet 37:1-110 [W. Foster/W. Foster/W. Foster]more details
Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis
PaleoDB collection 211970: authorized by William Foster, entered by William Foster on 01.08.2020
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Cephalopoda | |
Arctoceras indet. Hyatt 1900 ceratite | |
Bivalvia | |
"Posidonomya mimer" = Peribositria mimer
"Posidonomya mimer" = Peribositria mimer Oeberg 1877 oyster |