Festningen, Cliff exposure: Ladinian, Svalbard and Jan Mayen
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Geography
| Country: | Svalbard and Jan Mayen |
| Coordinates: | 78.1° North, 13.9° East (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 56.6° North, 16.6° East (Wright 2013) |
| Basis of coordinate: | stated in text |
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
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
| Geological group: | Sassendalen | Formation: | Bravaisberget | Member: | Somovbreen-Van Keulenfjorden |
| Local section: | Festningen | Local bed: | na |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | silty claystone |
| 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: | 212970 | ||
| Authorizer: | W. Foster | Enterer: | W. Foster | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2020-08-23 14:22:40 | Last modified: | 2025-02-22 15:12:02 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2020-08-23 14:22:40 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC0 |
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] |