33m Above the Fish Horizon, Mt. Viking: Spathian, Svalbard and Jan Mayen

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Dipnoi - Ceratodontidae
Ceratodus sp. Agassiz 1838
Reptilia - Quasianosteosauridae
Quasianosteosaurus vikinghoegdai n. gen., n. sp. Maisch and Matzke 2003
Maisch and Matzke 2003
MNHN SVT 331, partial skull
Ptycholepiformes - Ptycholepididae
Boreosomus scaber Stensiö 1921
Palaeonisciformes - Birgeriidae
Birgeria mougeoti (Agassiz 1843)
Chondrichthyes - Hybodontiformes - Hybodontidae
Hybodus rapax n. sp. Stensiö 1921
Hybodus sasseniensis n. sp. Stensiö 1921
Hybodus microdus n. sp. Stensiö 1921
Chondrichthyes - Hybodontiformes - Acrodontidae
Palaeobates informal n. sp.
Acrodus vermiformis n. sp. Stensiö 1921
Acrodus spitzbergensis Hulke 1873
see common names

Geography
Country:Svalbard and Jan Mayen
Coordinates: 78.3° North, 16.3° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:41.7° North, 8.7° East
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, M. Clapham, B. Allen
Modifier:B. Allen Research group:vertebrate
Created:2011-11-09 09:38:54 Last modified:2018-10-16 08:36:22
Access level:the public Released:2011-11-09 09:38:54
Creative Commons license:CC BY
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]