Edgeøya K53-80 (Triassic of Svalbard and Jan Mayen)

Where: Svalbard and Jan Mayen (77.9° N, 21.7° E: paleocoordinates 42.1° N, 4.3° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Kapp Toscana Formation, Ladinian (242.0 - 237.0 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 212181: authorized by William Foster, entered by William Foster on 04.08.2020

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Taxonomic list

Cephalopoda
 Ceratitida - Nathorstitidae
"Nathorstites mcconnelli" = Nathorstites macconnelli
"Nathorstites mcconnelli" = Nathorstites macconnelli Whiteaves 1889 ceratite
Bivalvia
 Cardiida - Anthracosiidae
"Anodontophora wittenburgi" = Unionites, "Anodontophora sp." = Unionites
"Anodontophora wittenburgi" = Unionites clam
"Anodontophora sp." = Unionites Wissman 1841 clam
 Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
 Ostreida - Halobiidae
Halobia zitteli Lindstrom 1863 oyster