Barentsøya, Sticky Keep Member (Triassic of Svalbard and Jan Mayen)

Where: Barentsøya, Edgeøya, and Hopen (Svalbard) , Svalbard and Jan Mayen (78.5° N, 22.0° E: paleocoordinates 43.4° N, 3.2° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Botneheia Member (Kongressfjellet Formation), Longobardian (242.0 - 235.0 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 212902: authorized by William Foster, entered by William Foster on 22.08.2020

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Taxonomic list

Cephalopoda
 Ceratitida - Ptychitidae