Barentsøya, Triassic, Lower Division (Triassic of Svalbard and Jan Mayen)

Where: Barentsøya, Svalbard and Jan Mayen (78.5° N, 22.0° E: paleocoordinates 42.5° N, 9.8° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Sticky Keep Member (Kongressfjellet Formation), Olenekian (251.2 - 247.2 Ma)

Environment/lithology: marine; marl

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Collection methods: bulk,

Primary reference: V.A. Klubov. 1965. The main features of the Geological structure of Barentsøya. In V.N. Sokolov (ed.), Geology of Spitsbergen 1:89-97 [W. Foster/W. Foster]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 212891: authorized by William Foster, entered by William Foster on 22.08.2020

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Taxonomic list

Cephalopoda
 Ceratitida - Ceratitidae
Gymnotoceras sp. Hyatt 1877 ceratite
Bivalvia
 Ostreida - Posidoniidae
"Posidonia mimer" = Peribositria mimer
"Posidonia mimer" = Peribositria mimer Oeberg 1877 oyster
 Pectinida - Pseudomonotidae
Pseudomonotis sp. von Beyrich 1862 scallop
Claraia ex gr. subaurita, Claraia aurita