Kongressfjellet B1261-2(F) (Triassic of Svalbard and Jan Mayen)

Where: Svalbard and Jan Mayen (78.6° N, 15.3° E: paleocoordinates 41.8° N, 5.7° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Botneheia Formation (Sassendalen Group), Anisian (247.2 - 242.0 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 212133: authorized by William Foster, entered by William Foster on 04.08.2020

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Taxonomic list

Cephalopoda
 Ceratitida - Longobarditidae
"Koptoceras sp." = Lenotropites
"Koptoceras sp." = Lenotropites Popov 1961 ceratite
Bivalvia
 Ostreida - Halobiidae
"Daonella frami" = Daonella (Arzelella) frami
"Daonella frami" = Daonella (Arzelella) frami Kittl 1907 oyster