Where: Svalbard and Jan Mayen (78.1° N, 13.8° E: paleocoordinates 41.2° N, 10.1° E)
• coordinate stated in text
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Vardebukta Formation (Sassendalen Group), Induan (252.2 - 251.2 Ma)
Environment/lithology: offshore; siltstone
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 212966: authorized by William Foster, entered by William Foster on 23.08.2020
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Cephalopoda | |
Ophiceras ? sp. Griesbach 1880 ceratite | |
Otoceras sp. Griesbach 1880 ceratite | |
Bivalvia | |
"Anodontophora aff. subrecta" = Unionites subrectus
"Anodontophora aff. subrecta" = Unionites subrectus Bittner 1901 clam | |
"Myalina kochi" = Promyalina kochi Spath 1930 clam
Myalina cf. vetusta Bittner 1899 clam
Myalina degeeri Lundgren 1887 clam | |
"Gervilleia ex gr. exporrecta" = Bakevellia exporrecta
"Gervilleia ex gr. exporrecta" = Bakevellia exporrecta Lepsius 1878 oyster | |
Claraia stachei Bittner 1901 scallop |