Where: Barentsøya, Edgeøya, and Hopen (Svalbard) , 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), Smithian (251.3 - 247.2 Ma)
Environment/lithology: offshore; shale
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Preservation: mold/impression
Collection methods: bulk,
Primary reference: B. Flood, J. Nagy, and T. S. Winsnes. 1971. The Triassic succession of Barentsøya, Edgeøya, and Hopen (Svalbard) . Norsk Polarinstitutt Meddelelser 100:1-28 [W. Foster/W. Foster/O. Alfaro]more details
Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis
PaleoDB collection 212899: authorized by William Foster, entered by William Foster on 22.08.2020
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Cephalopoda | |
Arctoprionites nodosus Frebold 1930 ceratite | |
Bivalvia | |
"Posidonia mimer" = Peribositria mimer
"Posidonia mimer" = Peribositria mimer Oeberg 1877 oyster | |
"Pseudomonotis occidentalis" = Chuluaria occidentalis
"Pseudomonotis occidentalis" = Chuluaria occidentalis Whiteaves 1889 scallop |