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
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Lingulata | |
"Lingula cf. polaris" = Lingularia polaris
"Lingula cf. polaris" = Lingularia polaris Lundgren 1883 | |
Branchiopoda | |
Estheria cf. minuta von Zieten 1833 clam shrimp | |
Crinoidea | |
Pentacrinus ? sp. Miller 1821 Sea lily |