Where: Svalbard and Jan Mayen (77.6° N, 15.0° E: paleocoordinates 40.9° N, 10.7° E)
• coordinate stated in text
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Siksaken? Member (Vardebukta Formation), Griesbachian (251.9 - 250.5 Ma)
• The authors call the horizons Triassic 1 and so on, following the lithological descriptions I have assigned a formation and member name.
•The time intervals are determined by the original authors.
Environment/lithology: offshore; siltstone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: mold/impression
Collection methods: bulk, mechanical,
Primary reference: T.M. Pchelina. 1965. Mesozoic deposits around Van Keulenfjorden Vestspitsbergen. In V.N. Sokolov (ed.), Geology of Spitsbergen 155-181 [W. Foster/W. Foster]more details
Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis
PaleoDB collection 212783: authorized by William Foster, entered by William Foster on 20.08.2020
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia | |
Myalina cf. vetusta, "Myalina cf. schamarae" = Promyalina schamarae, "Myalina cf. kochi" = Promyalina kochi
Myalina cf. vetusta Bittner 1899 clam
"Myalina cf. schamarae" = Promyalina schamarae Bittner 1899 clam
"Myalina cf. kochi" = Promyalina kochi Spath 1930 clam | |
"Pseudomonotis multiformis" = Eumorphotis multiformis, "Pseudomonotis cf. multiformis" = Eumorphotis multiformis
"Pseudomonotis multiformis" = Eumorphotis multiformis Bittner 1899 scallop
"Pseudomonotis cf. multiformis" = Eumorphotis multiformis Bittner 1899 scallop | |
"Anodontophora cf. breviformis" = Unionites breviformis, "Anodontophora cf. canalensis" = Unionites canalensis, "Anodontophora cf. fassaensis" = Unionites fassaensis
"Anodontophora cf. breviformis" = Unionites breviformis Spath 1935 clam
"Anodontophora cf. canalensis" = Unionites canalensis Catullo 1847 clam
"Anodontophora cf. fassaensis" = Unionites fassaensis Wissmann 1841 clam | |
Cephalopoda | |
"Ophiceras (Lytophiceras) cf. subkyticum" = Lytophiceras
"Ophiceras (Lytophiceras) cf. subkyticum" = Lytophiceras ceratite |