Fossilniveau 8 (Jurassic of Svalbard and Jan Mayen)

Where: Svalbard and Jan Mayen (78.1° N, 13.9° E: paleocoordinates 69.2° N, 13.9° E)

When: Agardhfjellet Formation, Kimmeridgian (157.3 - 152.1 Ma)

Environment/lithology: marine; siliciclastic sediments

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: H. Frebold and E. Stoll. 1937. Das Festungsprofil auf Spitzbergen. In A. Hoel (ed.), Skrifter om Svalbard og Ishavet 68:1-91 [W. Foster/W. Foster]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 212017: authorized by William Foster, entered by William Foster on 03.08.2020

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Taxonomic list

Cephalopoda
 Goniatitida - Prionoceratidae
"Cardioceras cf. kitchini" = Amoeboceras (Amoebites) kitchini
"Cardioceras cf. kitchini" = Amoeboceras (Amoebites) kitchini Salfeld 1915 ammonite
 Ammonitida - Cardioceratidae
 Belemnitida - Belemnitidae
Belemnites sp. belemnite
Bivalvia
 Lucinida - Mactromyidae
Unicardium ? sp. d'Orbigny 1850 clam
 Pholadomyida - Pholadomyidae
Pholadomya sp. Sowerby 1823 clam
 Arcida - Parallelodontidae
"Macrodon sp." = Parallelodon
"Macrodon sp." = Parallelodon Meek and Worthen 1866 clam
 Pectinida - Limidae
Lima sp. Bruguière 1797 file clam
 Pectinida - Buchiidae
"Aucella cf. orbicularis" = Buchia erringtoni orbicularis, "Aucella rugosa" = Buchia rugosa, "Aucella bronni" = Buchia, "Aucella sp." = Buchia, "Aucella cf. tschernyschewi" = Buchia, "Aucella cf. linstroemi" = Buchia
"Aucella cf. orbicularis" = Buchia erringtoni orbicularis Hyatt 1894 scallop
"Aucella rugosa" = Buchia rugosa Fischer 1837 scallop
"Aucella bronni" = Buchia scallop
"Aucella sp." = Buchia Rouillier 1845 scallop
"Aucella cf. tschernyschewi" = Buchia scallop
"Aucella cf. linstroemi" = Buchia scallop
 Mytilida - Mytilidae
"Modiola cf. stajeskiana" = Modiolus
"Modiola cf. stajeskiana" = Modiolus mussel
 Nuculanida - Nuculanidae
"Leda cf. argoviensis" = Nuculana
"Leda cf. argoviensis" = Nuculana pointed nut clam