Bjørnøya, Mt. Misery, unteren Horizont (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 212215: authorized by William Foster, entered by William Foster on 05.08.2020

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Taxonomic list

Osteichthyes
 Saurichthyiformes - Saurichthyidae
Belonorhynchus sp. Bronn 1858 ray-finned fish
Gastropoda
 Murchisoniina - Rhaphistomellidae
 Heterostropha - Gordenellidae
Bivalvia
 Nuculida - Nuculidae
 Lucinida - Lucinidae
"Gonodus modestus" = Schafhaeutlia
"Gonodus modestus" = Schafhaeutlia clam
 Pectinida - Aviculopectinidae
 Ostreida - Bakevelliidae
"Gervilleia loewenighi" = Gervillia
"Gervilleia loewenighi" = Gervillia oyster
 Ostreida - Halobiidae
Cephalopoda
 Ceratitida - Clionitidae
"Clionites barentsi" = Clionitites, Clionites spinosus
"Clionites barentsi" = Clionitites ceratite
Clionites spinosus von Mojsisovics 1896 ceratite
 Ceratitida - Nathorstitidae
"Nathorstites lenticularis" = Nathorstites macconnelli
"Nathorstites lenticularis" = Nathorstites macconnelli Whiteaves 1889 ceratite
 Ceratitida - Trachyceratidae
"Dawsonites canadaensis" = Daxatina, "Dawsonites sp." = Daxatina, Trachyceras sp., Diplosirenites ? sp.
"Dawsonites canadaensis" = Daxatina ceratite
"Dawsonites sp." = Daxatina Strand 1929 ceratite
Trachyceras sp. Laube 1869 ceratite
Diplosirenites ? sp. Mojsisovics 1893 ceratite