Agardhbukta, Myklegardfjellet SW, 30.0 (Cretaceous to of Svalbard and Jan Mayen)

Where: Svalbard and Jan Mayen (78.1° N, 18.7° E: paleocoordinates 69.2° N, 19.1° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• hand sample-level geographic resolution

When: Agardhfjellet Member (Janusfjellet Formation), Valanginian to Valanginian (139.8 - 129.4 Ma)

Environment/lithology: offshore; ironstone

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: bulk,

Primary reference: K. Birkenmajer. 1980. Jurassic-Lower Cretaceous succession at Agardhbukta, East Spitsbergen. Studia Geologica Polonica LXVI:35-53 [W. Foster/W. Foster]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 212486: authorized by William Foster, entered by William Foster on 15.08.2020

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Taxonomic list

Bivalvia
 Pholadomyida - Pholadomyidae
 Cardiida - Arcticidae
 Arcida - Parallelodontidae
Grammatodon sp. Meek and Hayden 1860 clam
 Pectinida - Buchiidae
Buchia spp. Rouillier 1845 scallop
 Nuculida - Nuculidae
Cephalopoda
 Ammonitida - Perisphinctidae
Sedentaria
 Sabellida - Serpulidae
Ditrupa sp. Berkeley 1835