Seep 3 Janusfjellet: Tithonian, Svalbard and Jan Mayen

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia - Pectinida
Pectinida indet. (Gray 1854)
Hryniewicz et al. 2014 5 specimens
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Oxytomidae
Oxytoma octavia (Orbigny 1850)
Hryniewicz et al. 2014 2 specimens
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Buchiidae
Buchia spp. Rouillier 1845
Hryniewicz et al. 2014 12 specimens
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinidae
Camptonectes spp. Meek 1864
Hryniewicz et al. 2014
Bivalvia - Pholadomyida - Pholadomyidae
Goniomya literata (Sowerby 1819)
Hryniewicz et al. 2014 2 specimens
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Arcticidae
Pseudotrapezium aff. groenlandicum Spath 1936
Hryniewicz et al. 2014 2 specimens
Bivalvia - Solemyida - Nucinellidae
Nucinella svalbardensis Hryniewicz et al. 2014
Hryniewicz et al. 2014 16 specimens
Bivalvia - Solemyida - Solemyidae
Solemya (Petrasma) cf. woodwardiana Leckenby 1859
Hryniewicz et al. 2014 3 specimens
Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Nuculanidae
Mesosaccella rogovi Hryniewicz et al. 2014
Hryniewicz et al. 2014 24 specimens
Mesosaccella toddi Hryniewicz et al. 2014
Hryniewicz et al. 2014 1 specimen
Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Rhynchonellidae
Ptilorhynchia obscuricostata Dagys 1968
1 specimen
Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida
Placothyris ? kegeli Harper et al. 2005
(1 measurement)
Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Lissajousithyrididae
? Uralella sp. Makridin 1960
? Uralella cf. janimaniensis Makridin 1964
7 specimens
(2 measurements)
Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Sellithyrididae
? Cyrtothyris sp. Middlemiss 1959
3 specimens
see common names

Geography
Country:Svalbard and Jan Mayen
Coordinates: 78.3° North, 15.8° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:69.5° North, 15.5° East
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period: Jurassic Epoch: Late Jurassic
Stage: Tithonian 10 m.y. bin: Jurassic 6
Key time interval: Tithonian
Age range of interval: 149.2 - 145 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Stratigraphy comments: "Volgian"
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified "carbonate"
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: seep carbonate
Environment:offshore shelf
Geology comments: middle to outer shelf
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection excludes:some macrofossils
Collection methods:survey of museum collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Collection method comments: Repository: Paleontological Collection of the Natural History Museum, University of Oslo
Metadata
Database number:163966
Authorizer:M. Clapham, W. Kiessling Enterer:M. Manojlovic, M. Krause
Modifier:M. Manojlovic Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2014-11-21 12:43:19 Last modified:2016-07-19 16:04:26
Access level:the public Released:2014-11-21 12:43:19
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
53519. M. R. Sandy, K. Hryniewicz, O. Hammer, H. A. Nakrem, and C. T. S. Little. 2014. Brachiopods from the Late Jurassic-Early Cretaceous hydrocarbon seep deposits, central Spitsbergen, Svalbard. Zootaxa 3884(6):501-532 [M. Clapham/M. Manojlovic]

Secondary references:

54596 K. Hryniewicz, C. T. Little, and H. A. Nakrem. 2014. Bivalves from the latest Jurassic-earliest Cretaceous hydrocarbon seep carbonates from central Spitsbergen, Svalbard. Zootaxa 3859(1):1-66 [W. Kiessling/M. Krause/M. Uhen]