Where: Svalbard and Jan Mayen (78.3° N, 14.1° E: paleocoordinates 41.4° N, 10.1° E)
• coordinate stated in text
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Siksaken Member (Vardebukta Formation), Dienerian (250.5 - 251.2 Ma)
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; limestone
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 212170: authorized by William Foster, entered by William Foster on 04.08.2020
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia | |
Aviculopecten sp. M'Coy 1851 scallop |