Edgeøya K32-49 (Triassic of Svalbard and Jan Mayen)

Where: Svalbard and Jan Mayen (77.9° N, 21.7° E: paleocoordinates 42.0° N, 7.6° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Sassendalen Group, Anisian (247.2 - 242.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: offshore ramp; shale

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: N.L. Falcon. 1928. Geology, Appendix III in Watkins H.G. The Cambridge Expedition to Edge Island. The Geographical Journal 72(2):134-139 [W. Foster/W. Foster]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 212177: 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
 Pectinida - Pseudomonotidae
Pseudomonotis sp. von Beyrich 1862 scallop