Also known as Isfjord, Spitsbergen

Where: Svalbard and Jan Mayen (78.1° N, 13.9° E: paleocoordinates 68.5° N, 17.8° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Festningen Sandstone Member (Helvetiafjellet Formation), Barremian (129.4 - 125.0 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: wet floodplain; paleosol/pedogenic, coarse-grained sandstone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression, trace

Collected by A. F. de Lapparent, R. Laffitte in 1960

Collection methods: surface (in situ),

Primary reference: A. F. d. Lapparent. 1960. Découverte de traces de pas de Dinosauriens dans le Crétacé du Spitzberg [Discovery of dinosaur footprints in the Cretaceous of Siptzbergen]. Comptes Rendus de l'Académie des Sciences à Paris 251:1399-1400 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 69755: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 06.03.2007

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