Festningen, Cliff exposure (Jurassic of Svalbard and Jan Mayen)

Where: Svalbard and Jan Mayen (78.1° N, 13.9° E: paleocoordinates 69.2° N, 13.9° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Lardyfjellet-Oppdalsata Member (Agardfjellet Formation), Kimmeridgian (157.3 - 152.1 Ma)

Environment/lithology: marine; silty claystone

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 212976: authorized by William Foster, entered by William Foster on 23.08.2020

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Taxonomic list

Bivalvia
 Mytilida - Mytilidae
"Modiola cf. strajeskiana" = Modiolus
"Modiola cf. strajeskiana" = Modiolus mussel
 Pectinida - Buchiidae
"Aucella bronni" = Buchia, "Aucella cf. mosquensis" = Buchia piochii
"Aucella bronni" = Buchia scallop
"Aucella cf. mosquensis" = Buchia piochii Gabb 1864 scallop
Cephalopoda
 Belemnitida - Belemnitidae
 Goniatitida - Prionoceratidae
Amoeboceras sokolovi Sokolov and Bodylevsky 1931 ammonite
Amoeboceras cf. kitchini Salfeld 1915 ammonite