Where: Svalbard and Jan Mayen (78.3° N, 16.6° E: paleocoordinates 47.4° N, 1.6° W)
• coordinate stated in text
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: De Geerdalen Formation (Sassendalen Group), Carnian (237.0 - 228.0 Ma)
Environment/lithology: marine; silty sandstone
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Preservation: mold/impression
Collection methods: bulk,
• They only list the startigraphical useful fossils
Primary reference: T.M. Pchelina. 1965. Stratigraphy and composition of the Mesozoic deposits in central Vestspitsbergen. In V.N. Sokolov (ed.), Geology of Spitsbergen 1:131-154 [W. Foster/W. Foster]more details
Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis
PaleoDB collection 212939: authorized by William Foster, entered by William Foster on 23.08.2020
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
Cephalopoda | |
"Nathorstites aff. tenuis" = Stolleyites tenuis
"Nathorstites aff. tenuis" = Stolleyites tenuis Stolley 1911 ceratite | |
Bivalvia | |
Lima aff. swenanderi file clam | |
Cardinia sp. Agassiz 1841 clam | |
"Anodontophora aff. lettica" = Unionites letticus
"Anodontophora aff. lettica" = Unionites letticus Quenstedt 1852 clam |