Fossilniveau 40 (Cretaceous of Svalbard and Jan Mayen)

Where: Svalbard and Jan Mayen (78.1° N, 14.0° E: paleocoordinates 67.9° N, 18.3° E)

When: Rurikfjellet Formation, Aptian (125.0 - 113.0 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 212052: authorized by William Foster, entered by William Foster on 03.08.2020

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Taxonomic list

Cephalopoda
 Ammonitida - Hoplitidae
Hoplites sp. ammonite
Bivalvia
 Carditida - Astartidae
Astarte sp. Sowerby 1816 clam
sp. I
 Myalinida - Inoceramidae
Inoceramus ? sp. Sowerby 1814 clam
 Pectinida - Entoliidae
"Pecten orbicularis" = Syncyclonema nilsoni
"Pecten orbicularis" = Syncyclonema nilsoni Goldfuss 1835 scallop
 Nuculanida - Nuculanidae
"Leda angulatostriata" = Nuculana
"Leda angulatostriata" = Nuculana pointed nut clam
 Nuculida - Nuculidae
Nucula sp. Lamarck 1799 nut clam