Bjørnøya, Urdsberg, B6 (Triassic of Svalbard and Jan Mayen)

Where: Svalbard and Jan Mayen (74.4° N, 19.2° E: paleocoordinates 39.1° N, 6.8° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Kapp Toscana Formation, Ladinian (242.0 - 237.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: offshore ramp; shale

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: bulk,

Primary reference: J. Böhm. 1903. Uber die Obertriadische fauna der Bäreninsel. Kungliga Svenska Vetenskapsakademien Handeln 37(3):1-76 [W. Foster/W. Foster/W. Foster]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 212196: authorized by William Foster, entered by William Foster on 05.08.2020

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Taxonomic list

Bivalvia
 Nuculanida - Malletiidae
Palaeoneilo tobieseni Bohm 1903 clam
 Lucinida - Lucinidae
"Gonodon medestns" = Schafhaeutlia
"Gonodon medestns" = Schafhaeutlia clam
 Ostreida - Halobiidae
Halobia sp. Bronn 1830 oyster