Bjørnøya, Tre Kronor, B4 (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)

• This sample was collected by Prof. Nathorst and given to J Bohm to describe. Note: the location of Tre Kronor is different to the location of Tre Kronor on a modern map of Svalbard, but the location given here is correct for the location of where the fossils came from.

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 212210: authorized by William Foster, entered by William Foster on 05.08.2020

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Taxonomic list

Gastropoda
 Murchisoniina - Rhaphistomellidae
 Heterostropha - Gordenellidae
Bivalvia
 Nuculida - Nuculidae
 Pectinida - Aviculopectinidae
Cephalopoda
 Ceratitida - Nathorstitidae
"Nathorstites lenticularis" = Nathorstites macconnelli
"Nathorstites lenticularis" = Nathorstites macconnelli Whiteaves 1889 ceratite