Agardhbukta (Jurassic to of Norway)

Where: Svalbard, Norway (78.1° N, 18.2° E: paleocoordinates 68.0° N, 12.3° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Toarcian to Toarcian (182.7 - 157.3 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; shale

• The base of the Jurassic series is a reddish conglomerate that rapidly transitions to a sandstone, followed by alternating fine beds of bituminous shale and phosphatic limestone. The series terminates in shales in which the plesiosaurian remains were found.

Size class: macrofossils

Collected in 1969

Primary reference: L.-D. Ginsberg and P. Janvier. 1976. Un nouveau gisement à Plésiosaures dans le Jurassique du Spitsbergen (Archipel du Svalbard) [A new locality with plesiosaurs in the Jurassic of Spitzbergen (Svalbard archipelago)]. Årbok Norsk Polarinstitutt 1974:262-265 [M. Carrano/H. Street/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 107003: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Hallie Street on 31.03.2011

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Taxonomic list

• belemnites and ammonites also found
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Reptilia
 Plesiosauria - Cryptoclididae
Tricleidus sp.
Tricleidus sp. Andrews 1909 plesiosaur
two partial limbs and multiple vertebrae, probably of Tricleidus svalbardensis
Actinopteri
 Leptolepidiformes - Leptolepididae
Leptolepis nathorsti
Leptolepis nathorsti
found lower in the section than the plesiosaur
Bivalvia
 Pectinida - Buchiidae
Buchia sp.
Buchia sp. Rouillier 1845 scallop
found in association with the plesiosaur