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 212211: authorized by William Foster, entered by William Foster on 05.08.2020
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda | |
Sisenna conwentzi snail | |
Promathildia parva snail | |
Cephalopoda | |
"Nathorstites lenticularis" = Nathorstites macconnelli
"Nathorstites lenticularis" = Nathorstites macconnelli Whiteaves 1889 ceratite | |
Bivalvia | |
Eumorphotis vagans scallop | |
Nucula triangularis nut clam |