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Edgeøya Island, Svalbard, Norway
Lat/Long (Decimal) | 77.88,21.67 |
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Co-ordinates Derivation | based on nearby landmark |
Mindat.org Region (for given coordinates) | Svalbard, Norway |
Collections
Collection | Reference | Stratigraphic Name | Comments | Lithology | Age |
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Edgeøya Island, Svalbard | Cox C. B., Smith D. G. (1973) | Sticky Keep | Horizon low in Sassendalen Group, associated with Smithian ammonoids | "siliciclastic" | 251.3 - 247.2 Ma Early/Lower Triassic |
Recorded Fossils
Accepted Name | Hierarchy | Age |
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Sassenia sp. genus | Animalia : Chordata : Coelacanthimorpha : Coelacanthiformes : Sassenidae : Sassenia | 251.3 - 247.2 Ma Early/Lower Triassic |
References
Cox C. B., Smith D. G. (1973) A review of the Triassic vertebrate faunas of Svalbard, Geological Magazine 110, 405-418 |
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!