Where: Svalbard and Jan Mayen (77.6° N, 15.0° E: paleocoordinates 68.8° N, 15.5° E)
• coordinate stated in text
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Agardfjellet Formation (Topp Toscana Group), Tithonian (152.1 - 145.0 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: marine; argillaceous siderite
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 212801: authorized by William Foster, entered by William Foster on 20.08.2020
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Cephalopoda | |
Dorsoplanites cf. panderi ammonite | |
Bivalvia | |
"Pecten (Aequipecten) aff. arachnoideus" = Aequipecten, "Pecten (Aequipecten) arachnoideus" = Aequipecten
"Pecten (Aequipecten) aff. arachnoideus" = Aequipecten scallop
"Pecten (Aequipecten) arachnoideus" = Aequipecten scallop | |
"Aucella mosquensis" = Buchia piochii, "Aucella rugosa" = Buchia rugosa
"Aucella mosquensis" = Buchia piochii Gabb 1864 scallop
"Aucella rugosa" = Buchia rugosa Fischer 1837 scallop | |
"Oxytoma inequivalve" = Oxytoma inequivalvis
"Oxytoma inequivalve" = Oxytoma inequivalvis Sowerby 1819 scallop |