Agardhfjellet, horizon 4 (Jurassic of Svalbard and Jan Mayen)

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

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Taxonomic list

Bivalvia
 Pectinida - Entoliidae
"Pecten demissus" = Entolium demissus
"Pecten demissus" = Entolium demissus Phillips 1835 scallop
 Pectinida - Buchiidae
Aucella fischeri Pavlow 1907 scallop
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Cephalopoda
 Ammonitida - Perisphinctidae
"Perisphinctes (Virgatosphinctes) aff. polygyratus" = Virgatosphinctes
"Perisphinctes (Virgatosphinctes) aff. polygyratus" = Virgatosphinctes ammonite