Bjørnøya, Skuldsberg, B1 (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: shallow subtidal; sandstone

• Myophoria sandstone

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 212198: authorized by William Foster, entered by William Foster on 05.08.2020

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Taxonomic list

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Echinoidea
 Cidaroida - Cidaridae
Cidaris sp.
Cidaris sp. Leske 1778 pencil urchin
Cephalopoda
 Phylloceratida - Ussuritidae
Monophyllites sp.
Monophyllites sp. Mojsisovics 1879 ammonite
Bivalvia
 Ostreida - Cassianellidae
Cassianella tectiformis
 Ostreida - Bakevelliidae
"Gervilleia bonnetti" = Gervillia
"Gervilleia bonnetti" = Gervillia oyster
 Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
Gryphaea skuld
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Pecten oebergi, Pecten sp.
Pecten sp. Müller 1776 scallop
 Pectinida - Anomiidae
Placunopsis sp.
Placunopsis sp. Morris and Lycett 1853 scallop
 Pectinida - Limidae
Lima biarata, Lima sweuanderi, Lima rijpi
Lima biarata file clam
Lima sweuanderi file clam
Lima rijpi file clam
 Trigoniida - Trigoniidae
"Trigonia margaritifera" = Myophorigonia margaritifera
"Trigonia margaritifera" = Myophorigonia margaritifera Boehm 1904 clam
 Trigoniida - Myophoriidae
Myophoria nathorsti
 Cardiida - Kalenteridae
"Pleurophorus anderssoni" = Permophorus
"Pleurophorus anderssoni" = Permophorus clam
 Lucinida - Lucinidae
"Gonodon aff. astartiformis" = Schafhaeutlia astartiformis
"Gonodon aff. astartiformis" = Schafhaeutlia astartiformis Münster 1841 clam