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Locality 19, Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway
Lat/Long (Decimal) | 77.068,17.295 |
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Co-ordinates Derivation | estimated from map |
Mindat.org Region (for given coordinates) | Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway |
Collections
Collection | Reference | Stratigraphic Name | Comments | Lithology | Age |
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Locality 19, Kovalskifjella, Staupbreen | Nagy J. (1970) | Carolinefjellet | Local fauna containing species of Euhoplites, Dimorphoplites, and Gastroplites, ca. 150 m below base of the Tertiary | "shale" | 109 - 105.3 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous |
Recorded Fossils
Accepted Name | Hierarchy | Age |
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Gastroplites sp. genus | Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ammonoidea : Hoplitidae : Gastroplites | 109 - 105.3 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous |
References
Nagy J. (1970) Ammonite faunas and stratigraphy of Lower Cretaceous (Albian) rocks in southern Spitsbergen, Norsk Polarinstitutt Skrifter 152, 1-58 |
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!