Barentsøya, De Geerdalen Fm. (Triassic of Svalbard and Jan Mayen)

Where: Barentsøya, Edgeøya, Svalbard and Jan Mayen (78.0° N, 21.9° E: paleocoordinates 58.6° N, 8.3° W)

• coordinate stated in text

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: De Geerdalen Formation (Kapp Toscana Group), Norian (228.0 - 208.5 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 212905: authorized by William Foster, entered by William Foster on 22.08.2020

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Taxonomic list

Lingulata
 Lingulida - Lingulidae
"Lingula cf. polaris" = Lingularia polaris
"Lingula cf. polaris" = Lingularia polaris Lundgren 1883
Branchiopoda
 Diplostraca -
Estheria cf. minuta von Zieten 1833 clam shrimp
Crinoidea
 Isocrinida - Pentacrinitidae
Pentacrinus ? sp. Miller 1821 Sea lily