Tschermakfjellet B1227 (Triassic of Svalbard and Jan Mayen)

Where: Svalbard and Jan Mayen (78.5° N, 15.3° E: paleocoordinates 41.7° N, 8.3° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Vendomdalen Member (Vikinghogda Formation), Spathian (251.3 - 247.2 Ma)

Environment/lithology: offshore ramp; siltstone

• shale with ironstone concretions

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: shellbed

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 212123: authorized by William Foster, entered by William Foster on 04.08.2020

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Taxonomic list

Bivalvia
 Pectinida - Pseudomonotidae
Pseudomonotis sp. von Beyrich 1862 scallop