Vikinghogda (Deltadalen?) B1962-5 (Triassic of Svalbard and Jan Mayen)

Where: Svalbard and Jan Mayen (78.3° N, 16.9° E: paleocoordinates 41.7° N, 3.0° E)

When: Tschermarkfjellet 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

• shale with ironstone concretions

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 212108: authorized by William Foster, entered by William Foster on 04.08.2020

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