Where: Svalbard and Jan Mayen (78.3° N, 16.5° E: paleocoordinates 41.7° N, 2.8° E)
When: Tschermakfjellet Member (Kapp Toscana Formation), Ladinian (242.0 - 237.0 Ma)
• From the description it appears to be the Deltadalen section on the south side of the Vikinghogda Mountain.
Environment/lithology: offshore ramp; shale
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: S.H. Buchan, A. Challinor, and W.B. J.R. Harland Parker. 1965. The Triassic stratigraphy of Svalbard. Norsk Polarinstitutt Skrifter 135:1-98 [W. Foster/W. Foster]more details
Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis
PaleoDB collection 212096: authorized by William Foster, entered by William Foster on 04.08.2020
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Taxonomic list
Cephalopoda | |
Nathorstites sp. Boehm 1903 ceratite | |
Bivalvia | |
Halobia sp. Bronn 1830 oyster | |
Gryphaea skuld oyster | |
Oxytoma sp. Meek and Hayden 1865 scallop | |
Pseudomonotis sp. von Beyrich 1862 scallop |