Oscar II Land B1876-8: Dienerian, Svalbard and Jan Mayen

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia - Myalinida - Myalinidae
Myalina sp. de Koninck 1842
see common names

Geography
Country:Svalbard and Jan Mayen
Coordinates: 78.3° North, 14.1° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:41.4° North, 10.1° East
Basis of coordinate:stated in text
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period: Triassic Epoch: Early Triassic
Stage: Olenekian 10 m.y. bin: Triassic 1
Key time interval: Dienerian
Age range of interval: 251.4 - 251.2 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Geological group:Sassendalen Formation:Vardebukta Member:Siksaken
Local section:Iskletten Local bed:NA
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: "limestone"
Lithology description: shale with ironstone concretions
Environment:shallow subtidal indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body,shellbed
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:field collection
Reason for describing collection:biostratigraphic analysis
Metadata
Database number:212169
Authorizer:W. Foster Enterer:W. Foster
Modifier:W. Foster Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2020-08-04 15:54:18 Last modified:2020-08-04 10:55:33
Access level:the public Released:2020-08-04 15:54:18
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]