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263m Above Fish Level, Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway

Lat/Long (Decimal)78.62,14.43
Co-ordinates Derivationnot explained
Mindat.org Region (for given coordinates)Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway

Collections

CollectionReferenceStratigraphic NameCommentsLithologyAge
263m Above Fish Level, Mt. BertilStensiö E. A. (1921)"siliciclastic"237 - 228 Ma
Late/Upper Triassic
Mt. BertilStensiö E. A. (1925)"siliciclastic"251.3 - 247.2 Ma
Early/Lower Triassic
Mt. Bertil (above fish horizon)Stensiö E. A. (1925)"siliciclastic"251.3 - 247.2 Ma
Early/Lower Triassic
Mt. Bertil (fish horizon)Stensiö E. A. (1921)Kongressfjellet - Sticky KeepFrom the "Fischniveau" (fish horizon) of the "Posidonomya Beds" (Wiman 1914; Nilsson 1942)"shale"251.3 - 247.2 Ma
Early/Lower Triassic

Recorded Fossils

Accepted NameHierarchyAge
Birgeria sp.
genus
Animalia : Chordata : Actinopteri : Palaeonisciformes : Birgeriidae : Birgeria237 - 228 Ma
Late/Upper Triassic
Boreosomus scaber
species
Animalia : Chordata : Actinopteri : Ptycholepiformes : Ptycholepididae : Boreosomus : Boreosomus scaber251.3 - 247.2 Ma
Early/Lower Triassic
Saurichthys (Lepidosaurichthys) elongatus
species
Animalia : Chordata : Actinopteri : Saurichthyiformes : Saurichthyidae : Saurichthys : Saurichthys (Lepidosaurichthys) elongatus251.3 - 247.2 Ma
Early/Lower Triassic
Saurichthys wimani
species
Animalia : Chordata : Actinopteri : Saurichthyiformes : Saurichthyidae : Saurichthys : Saurichthys wimani251.3 - 247.2 Ma
Early/Lower Triassic
Acrodus scaber
species
Animalia : Chordata : Chondrichthyes : Hybodontiformes : Acrodontidae : Acrodus : Acrodus scaber251.3 - 247.2 Ma
Early/Lower Triassic
Acrodus spitzbergensis
species
Animalia : Chordata : Chondrichthyes : Hybodontiformes : Acrodontidae : Acrodus : Acrodus spitzbergensis251.3 - 247.2 Ma
Early/Lower Triassic
Hybodus rapax
species
Animalia : Chordata : Chondrichthyes : Hybodontiformes : Hybodontidae : Hybodus : Hybodus rapax251.3 - 247.2 Ma
Early/Lower Triassic
Lissodus angulatus
species
Animalia : Chordata : Chondrichthyes : Hybodontiformes : Lissodus : Lissodus angulatus251.3 - 247.2 Ma
Early/Lower Triassic
Polyacrodus pyramidalis
species
Animalia : Chordata : Chondrichthyes : Hybodontiformes : Polyacrodontidae : Polyacrodus : Polyacrodus pyramidalis237 - 228 Ma
Late/Upper Triassic
Aphaneramma rostratum
species
Animalia : Chordata : Osteichthyes : Temnospondyli : Trematosauridae : Aphaneramma : Aphaneramma rostratum251.3 - 247.2 Ma
Early/Lower Triassic

References

Wiman C. (1914) Über die Stegocephalen aus der Trias Spitzbergens, Bulletin of the Geological Institutions of the University of Uppsala 13, 1-34
Stensiö E. A. (1921) , Triassic Fishes from Spitzbergen, Part I, 1-307
Stensiö E. A. (1925) Triassic fishes from Spitzbergen, Part II, Kungliga Svenska Vetenskapsakademiens Handlingar, Tredgje Serien 2 1, 1-261
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