Where: Svalbard and Jan Mayen (78.1° N, 18.9° E)
• Paleocoordinates: 60.9° N, 16.0° E (Wright 2013)
• coordinate stated in text
• hand sample-level geographic resolution
When: Agardhfjellet Formation, Early/Lower Tithonian (150.8 - 145.0 Ma)
Environment/lithology: marine; shale
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: mold/impression
Collection methods: bulk,
Primary reference: H. Frebold. 1929. Die Schiehtenfolge des Jura und der Unterkreide an der Ostküste Südwest-Spitzbergens. Abhandlungen aus dem Gebiete der Naturwissenschaften XXII(3-4):255-292 [W. Foster/W. Foster]more details
Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis
PaleoDB collection 213104: authorized by William Foster, entered by William Foster on 25.08.2020
Creative Commons license: CC0 (CC0)
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia | |
"Pecten demissus" = Entolium demissus
"Pecten demissus" = Entolium demissus Phillips 1835 scallop | |
Aucella fischeri Pavlow 1907 scallop | |
Pecten validus scallop | |
Cephalopoda | |
"Perisphinctes (Virgatosphinctes) aff. polygyratus" = Virgatosphinctes
"Perisphinctes (Virgatosphinctes) aff. polygyratus" = Virgatosphinctes ammonite |