Bellsund (Triassic of Svalbard and Jan Mayen)

Where: Svalbard and Jan Mayen (77.7° N, 14.9° E: paleocoordinates 41.0° N, 6.3° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• hand sample-level geographic resolution

When: Botneheia Formation (Sassendalen Group), Anisian (247.2 - 242.0 Ma)

• "Daonella limestone" at Capp Thorsden

Environment/lithology: offshore; shale

• black limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: bulk

Primary reference: E. Mojsisovics. 1886. Arktische Triasfaunen. Beiträge zur palaeontologischen Charakteristik der arktisch-pacifischen Triasprovinz . Memoires de L'Academie Imperiale des Sciences de St.-Petersbourg, VII Serie XXXIII(6):1-206 [W. Foster/W. Foster]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 212565: authorized by William Foster, entered by William Foster on 16.08.2020

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Taxonomic list

Cephalopoda
 Ceratitida - Ceratitidae