Finnmark core 7129/10-U-01 layer 64.36m: Griesbachian, Norway

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
Rewanispora sp. microspore
Gordonispora lubrica microspore
Cymatiosphaerae spp. marine palyn
Fungae indet.
fungal remain
Veryhachium spp. marine palyn
Circulisporites parvus microspore de Jersey 1962
Micrhystridium spp. marine palyn
Lycopsida
Kraeuselisporites punctatus microspore
Uvaesporites indet. microspore Döring 1965
morphon
unclassified
Polycingulatisporites densatus microspore Playford and Dettmann 1965
Polypodiopsida - Schizaeales
Convolutispora spp. microspore
Pteridopsida
Leiotriletes sp. microspore Potonie and Kremp 1954
sp. A
Leiotriletes spp. microspore
unclassified
Dictyotriletes spp. microspore
Vesicaspora schemelii microspore
Indotriradites spp. microspore
Lunatisporites pellucidus microspore
Lunatisporites spp. microspore
Triquitrites proratus microspore
Vittatina spp. microspore
Coniferales - Podocarpaceae
Platysaccus spp. microspore
unclassified
Klausipollenites staplinii microspore Jansonius 1962
Thymospora ipsviciensis microspore
Pilasporites spp.
Lophotriletes spp. microspore
Equisetopsida - Cupressales
Inaperturopollenites nebulosus microspore
unclassified
Cycadopites spp. microspore
Acanthotriletes spp. microspore
Ginkgoopsida - Ephedrales
Ephedripites spp. microspore
unclassified
Protohaploxypinus samoltovichii microspore
Protohaploxypinus spp. microspore
Lundbladispora obsoleta microspore
Lundbladispora spp. microspore
see common names

Geography
Country:Norway
Coordinates: 71.2° North, 29.3° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:37.7° North, 19.5° East
Basis of coordinate:stated in text
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period:Triassic Epoch:Early/Lower Triassic
10 m.y. bin:Triassic 1
*Period:Early/Lower Triassic *Epoch:Early/Lower Scythian
*International age/stage:Griesbachian
Key time interval:Griesbachian Zone: Lundbladispora obsoleta - Tympanicysta stoschiana Assemblage Zone
Age range of interval:251.90200 - 251.40000 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Local bed:64.36m
Local order:top to bottom
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Stratigraphy comments: Similarities with Vardebukta Formation in Svalbard (Hochuli et al., 1989; Mangerud and Konieczny 1991,1993), with the lower Bjorne and Blind Fiord formations in the Sverdrup Basin (Fisher, 1979; Utting, 1985, 1989, pers. comm., 1993) and similar to the Wordie Creek Formation in East Greenland (Balme, 1980) and to the Toad/Grayling Formation in western Canada (Jansonius, 1962).
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: silty sandstone
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: silty sandstone
Environment:estuary/bay
Geology comments: lagoonal estuarine environment
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body,original sporopollenin
Size of fossils:microfossils
Disassociated minor elements:all
Temporal resolution:snapshot
Spatial resolution:parautochthonous
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:core,chemical,mechanical,field collection
Reason for describing collection:biostratigraphic analysis
Collection method comments: All palynological slides are housed in the type collection of the Paleontological Museum of Oslo.
Metadata
Database number:31353
Authorizer:C. Looy Enterer:F. Verbruggen
Modifier:F. Verbruggen
Created:2003-05-08 08:40:31 Last modified:2003-05-08 11:49:36
Access level:the public Released:2003-05-08 08:40:31
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
8467. G. Mangerud. 1994. Palynostratigraphy of the Permian and lowermost Triassic succession, Finnmark Platform, Barents Sea. Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology 82:317-349 [C. Looy/F. Verbruggen/F. Verbruggen]