33m Above the Fish Horizon, Mt. Viking: Spathian, Svalbard and Jan Mayen
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Ptycholepiformes
- Ptycholepididae
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Reptilia
- Quasianosteosauridae
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Quasianosteosaurus vikinghoegdai n. gen., n. sp.
Maisch and Matzke 2003
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| MNHN SVT 331, partial skull | ||||||||||
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Dipnoi
- Ceratodontidae
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Palaeonisciformes
- Birgeriidae
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Chondrichthyes
- Hybodontiformes
- Hybodontidae
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Hybodus sasseniensis n. sp.
Stensiö 1921
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Hybodus microdus n. sp.
Stensiö 1921
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Hybodus rapax n. sp.
Stensiö 1921
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Chondrichthyes
- Hybodontiformes
- Acrodontidae
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Acrodus vermiformis n. sp.
Stensiö 1921
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Geography
| Country: | Svalbard and Jan Mayen |
| Coordinates: | 78.3° North, 16.3° East (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 55.8° North, 21.7° East (Wright 2013) |
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map |
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Triassic | Epoch: | Early Triassic |
| Stage: | Olenekian | 10 m.y. bin: | Triassic 1 |
| Key time interval: | Spathian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 248.9 - 247.2 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Geological group: | Sassendalen | Formation: | Sticky Keep |
| Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | lithified "siliciclastic" |
| Environment: | marine indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Museum repositories: | MNHN |
Metadata
| Database number: | 120222 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Clapham, A. Dunhill | Enterer: | C. Feng, B. Allen, M. Clapham |
| Modifier: | B. Allen | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2011-11-09 09:38:54 | Last modified: | 2025-02-22 15:12:02 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2011-11-09 09:38:54 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC0 |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 38416. | E. A. Stensiö. 1921. Triassic Fishes from Spitzbergen, Part I 1-307 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham] |
Secondary references:
| 34246 | M. W. Maisch and A. T. Matzke. 2003. Observations on Triassic ichthyosaurs. Part XII. A new Early Triassic ichthyosaur genus from Spitzbergen. Neues Jahrbuch fur Geologie und Palaontologie, Abhandlungen 229(3):317-338 [M. Carrano/H. Street] | |
| 38417 | E. A. Stensiö. 1925. Triassic fishes from Spitzbergen, Part II. Kungliga Svenska Vetenskapsakademiens Handlingar, Tredgje Serien 2(1):1-261 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham] |