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

Where: Svalbard and Jan Mayen (78.1° N, 13.9° E: paleocoordinates 68.8° N, 17.1° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Ullaberget Member (Rurikfjellet Formation), Hauterivian (132.9 - 129.4 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 212978: authorized by William Foster, entered by William Foster on 23.08.2020

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Taxonomic list

Cephalopoda
 Ammonitida - Polyptychitidae
Simbirskites ex gr. decheni Römer 1841 ammonite