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33m Above the Fish Horizon, Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway

Lat/Long (Decimal)78.34,16.3
Co-ordinates Derivationestimated from map
Mindat.org Region (for given coordinates)Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway

Collections

CollectionReferenceStratigraphic NameCommentsLithologyAge
Mt. Viking (upper Saurian horizon)Stensiö E. A. (1921)"siliciclastic"242 - 237 Ma
Middle Triassic
33m Above the Fish Horizon, Mt. VikingStensiö E. A. (1921)Sassendalen - Sticky Keep"siliciclastic"251.3 - 247.2 Ma
Early/Lower Triassic
Mt. Viking (fish horizon)Stensiö E. A. (1925)"siliciclastic"251.3 - 247.2 Ma
Early/Lower Triassic

Recorded Fossils

Accepted NameHierarchyAge
Birgeria mougeoti
species
Animalia : Chordata : Actinopteri : Palaeonisciformes : Birgeriidae : Birgeria : Birgeria mougeoti251.3 - 247.2 Ma
Early/Lower Triassic
Boreosomus sp.
genus
Animalia : Chordata : Actinopteri : Ptycholepiformes : Ptycholepididae : Boreosomus242 - 237 Ma
Middle Triassic
Boreosomus scaber
species
Animalia : Chordata : Actinopteri : Ptycholepiformes : Ptycholepididae : Boreosomus : Boreosomus scaber251.3 - 247.2 Ma
Early/Lower Triassic
Saurichthys sp.
genus
Animalia : Chordata : Actinopterygii : Saurichthyidae : Saurichthys251.3 - 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 (Lepidosaurichthys) ornatus
species
Animalia : Chordata : Actinopteri : Saurichthyiformes : Saurichthyidae : Saurichthys : Saurichthys (Lepidosaurichthys) ornatus251.3 - 247.2 Ma
Early/Lower Triassic
Acrodus spitzbergensis
species
Animalia : Chordata : Chondrichthyes : Hybodontiformes : Acrodontidae : Acrodus : Acrodus spitzbergensis251.3 - 247.2 Ma
Early/Lower Triassic
Acrodus vermiformis
species
Animalia : Chordata : Chondrichthyes : Hybodontiformes : Acrodontidae : Acrodus : Acrodus vermiformis251.3 - 247.2 Ma
Early/Lower Triassic
Palaeobates sp.
genus
Animalia : Chordata : Acrodontidae : Palaeobates251.3 - 247.2 Ma
Early/Lower Triassic
Hybodus microdus
species
Animalia : Chordata : Chondrichthyes : Hybodontiformes : Hybodontidae : Hybodus : Hybodus microdus251.3 - 247.2 Ma
Early/Lower Triassic
Hybodus rapax
species
Animalia : Chordata : Chondrichthyes : Hybodontiformes : Hybodontidae : Hybodus : Hybodus rapax251.3 - 247.2 Ma
Early/Lower Triassic
Hybodus sasseniensis
species
Animalia : Chordata : Chondrichthyes : Hybodontiformes : Hybodontidae : Hybodus : Hybodus sasseniensis251.3 - 247.2 Ma
Early/Lower Triassic
Ceratodus sp.
genus
Animalia : Chordata : Sarcopterygii : Ceratodontiformes : Ceratodontidae : Ceratodus251.3 - 247.2 Ma
Early/Lower Triassic
Quasianosteosaurus vikinghoegdai
species
Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Quasianosteosauridae : Quasianosteosaurus : Quasianosteosaurus vikinghoegdai251.3 - 247.2 Ma
Early/Lower Triassic

References

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
Maisch M. W., Matzke A. T. (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
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
 
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