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
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia | |
"Modiola cf. strajeskiana" = Modiolus
"Modiola cf. strajeskiana" = Modiolus mussel | |
"Aucella bronni" = Buchia, "Aucella cf. mosquensis" = Buchia piochii
"Aucella bronni" = Buchia scallop
"Aucella cf. mosquensis" = Buchia piochii Gabb 1864 scallop | |
Cephalopoda | |
Cylindroteuthis sp. belemnite | |
Amoeboceras aff. kochi ammonite
Amoeboceras sokolovi Sokolov and Bodylevsky 1931 ammonite
Amoeboceras cf. kitchini Salfeld 1915 ammonite |