Van Keulenfjorden, Anisian, Horizon 1: Anisian, Svalbard and Jan Mayen

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Rhynchonellata - Spiriferinida - Spiriferinidae
Spiriferina sp. d'Orbigny 1847
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinidae
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pseudomonotidae
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Limidae
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Entoliidae
see common names

Geography
Country:Svalbard and Jan Mayen
Coordinates: 77.6° North, 15.0° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:55.6° North, 19.8° East (Wright 2013)
Basis of coordinate:stated in text
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period: Triassic Epoch: Middle Triassic
Stage: Anisian 10 m.y. bin: Triassic 2
Key time interval: Anisian
Age range of interval: 247.2 - 242 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Geological group:Sassendalen Formation:Bravaisberget Member:Passhatten?
Local section:Bravaisberget-Bravaisodden Local bed:horizon 1
Stratigraphy comments: The authors call the horizons Triassic 1 and so on, following the lithological descriptions I have assigned a formation and member name.
The time intervals are determined by the original authors.
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: silty claystone
Environment:offshore
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:mold/impression
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection excludes:all macrofossils
Collection methods:bulk,mechanical,field collection
Reason for describing collection:biostratigraphic analysis
Metadata
Database number:212788
Authorizer:W. Foster Enterer:W. Foster
Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2020-08-20 19:25:21 Last modified:2025-02-22 15:12:02
Access level:the public Released:2020-08-20 19:25:21
Creative Commons license:CC0
Reference information

Primary reference:
73480. T.M. Pchelina. 1965. Mesozoic deposits around Van Keulenfjorden Vestspitsbergen. In V.N. Sokolov (ed.), Geology of Spitsbergen 155-181 [W. Foster/W. Foster]