Tschermakfjellet B1253: Carnian, Svalbard and Jan Mayen
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Rhynchonellata
- Athyridida
- Retziidae
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Retzia ? sp.
King 1850
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Rhynchonellata
- Spiriferinida
- Rastelligeridae
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Spiriferina lundgreni
Bohm 1903
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| recombined as Boreiospira lundgreni | |||||||
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Geography
| Country: | Svalbard and Jan Mayen |
| Coordinates: | 78.5° North, 15.3° East (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 47.4° North, 2.1° West |
| Basis of coordinate: | stated in text |
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Triassic | Epoch: | Late Triassic |
| Stage: | Carnian | 10 m.y. bin: | Triassic 3 |
| Key time interval: | Carnian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 237 - 227 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Kapp Toscana | Member: | De Geerdalen |
| Local section: | Tschermakfjellet | Local bed: | NA |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | siltstone |
| Lithology description: shale with ironstone concretions | |
| Environment: | offshore ramp |
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: | 212129 | ||
| Authorizer: | W. Foster | Enterer: | W. Foster | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2020-08-04 13:09:55 | Last modified: | 2020-08-04 08:09:55 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2020-08-04 13:09:55 |
| 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] |