Sassenfjorden, Mountain side: Norian, Svalbard and Jan Mayen

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Bennettitales
Pterophyllum cf. longifolium Brongniart 1828
Pterophyllum brevipenne Kurr 1845
Polypodiopsida
Cladophlebis aff. shensiensis P'an 1936
Polypodiopsida - Gleicheniales - Dipteridaceae
Thaumatopteris brauniana
Polypodiopsida - Marattiales
Asterotheca aff. cottoni
Polypodiopsida - Equisetales - Calamitaceae
Neocalamites hoerensis Schimper 1908
unclassified
Dictyoyphyllum sp.
Glossophyllum ? spitsbergense
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Halobiidae
Halobia aff. gracilis Kittl 1912
Halobia cf. plicosa Mojsisovics 1874
Halobia ex gr. norica Mojsisovics 1874
Halobia ex gr. celtica Mojsisovics 1874
Halobia cf. distincta Mojsisovics 1874
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Oxytomidae
Meleagrinella cf. antiqua Tozer 1970
see common names

Geography
Country:Svalbard and Jan Mayen
Coordinates: 78.3° North, 16.6° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:58.0° North, 10.1° West
Basis of coordinate:stated in text
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period: Triassic Epoch: Late Triassic
Stage: Norian 10 m.y. bin: Triassic 4
Key time interval: Norian
Age range of interval: 227 - 208.5 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Geological group:Sassendalen Formation:De Geerdalen
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: silty siltstone
Environment:marine indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body,mold/impression
Size of fossils:macrofossils,mesofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:bulk,field collection
Reason for describing collection:biostratigraphic analysis
Collection method comments: They only list the startigraphical useful fossils
Metadata
Database number:212940
Authorizer:W. Foster Enterer:W. Foster
Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2020-08-23 08:47:07 Last modified:2020-08-23 08:47:07
Access level:the public Released:2020-08-23 08:47:07
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

73524. T.M. Pchelina. 1965. Stratigraphy and composition of the Mesozoic deposits in central Vestspitsbergen. In V.N. Sokolov (ed.), Geology of Spitsbergen 1:131-154 [W. Foster/W. Foster]