Vikinghogda (Deltadalen?) B1966-B: Ladinian, Svalbard and Jan Mayen
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Halobiidae
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Daonella sp.
Mojsisovics 1874
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Geography
| Country: | Svalbard and Jan Mayen |
| Coordinates: | 78.3° North, 16.9° East (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 41.7° North, 3.0° East |
Time
| Period: | Triassic | Epoch: | Middle Triassic |
| Stage: | Ladinian | 10 m.y. bin: | Triassic 2 |
| Key time interval: | Ladinian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 242 - 237 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Kapp Toscana | Member: | Tschermarkfjellet | ||
| Local section: | Delatadalen? | Local bed: | NA | ||
| Stratigraphy comments: From the description it appears to be the Deltadalen section on the south side of the Vikinghogda Mountain. | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | "shale" |
| Lithology description: shale with ironstone concretions | |
| Environment: | offshore ramp |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | biostratigraphic analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 212081 | ||
| Authorizer: | W. Foster | Enterer: | W. Foster |
| Modifier: | W. Foster | ||
| Created: | 2020-08-03 19:27:38 | Last modified: | 2020-08-04 03:49:34 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2020-08-03 19:27:38 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 73264. | S.H. Buchan, A. Challinor, and W.B. J.R. Harland Parker. 1965. The Triassic stratigraphy of Svalbard. Norsk Polarinstitutt Skrifter 135:1-98 [W. Foster/W. Foster] |