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Hornsund, Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway

Lat/Long (Decimal)77.03,16.21
Co-ordinates Derivationnot explained
Mindat.org Region (for given coordinates)Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway

Collections

CollectionReferenceStratigraphic NameCommentsLithologyAge
Strata at Horn SoundStensiö E. A. (1921)"siliciclastic"251.3 - 247.2 Ma
Early/Lower Triassic
HornsundStensiö E. A. (1918)Vardebukta - UrnetoppenBrevassfjellet Myalina Bed, upper part of the Urnetoppen Member (data from Blazejowski, 2004)conglomerate252.17 - 251.3 Ma
Phanerozoic
Hornsund, Hyrnefjellet MountainBłażejowski B. (2004)Vardebukta - UrnetoppenBrevassfjellet Myalina Bed, upper part of the Urnetoppen Memberconglomerate252.17 - 251.3 Ma
Phanerozoic

Recorded Fossils

Accepted NameHierarchyAge
Glaucolepis gyrolepidoides
species
Animalia : Chordata : Actinopteri : Palaeonisciformes : Palaeoniscidae : Glaucolepis : Glaucolepis gyrolepidoides251.3 - 247.2 Ma
Early/Lower Triassic
Gyrolepis sp.
genus
Animalia : Chordata : Actinopteri : Palaeonisciformes : Palaeoniscidae : Gyrolepis252.17 - 251.3 Ma
Phanerozoic
Boreosomus arcticus
species
Animalia : Chordata : Actinopteri : Ptycholepiformes : Ptycholepididae : Boreosomus : Boreosomus arcticus251.3 - 247.2 Ma
Early/Lower Triassic
Saurichthys sp.
genus
Animalia : Chordata : Actinopterygii : Saurichthyidae : Saurichthys252.17 - 251.3 Ma
Phanerozoic
Acrodus spitzbergensis
species
Animalia : Chordata : Chondrichthyes : Hybodontiformes : Acrodontidae : Acrodus : Acrodus spitzbergensis252.17 - 251.3 Ma
Phanerozoic
Hybodus sp.
genus
Animalia : Chordata : Chondrichthyes : Hybodontiformes : Hybodontidae : Hybodus252.17 - 251.3 Ma
Phanerozoic
Hybodus microdus
species
Animalia : Chordata : Chondrichthyes : Hybodontiformes : Hybodontidae : Hybodus : Hybodus microdus252.17 - 251.3 Ma
Phanerozoic
Hybodus sasseniensis
species
Animalia : Chordata : Chondrichthyes : Hybodontiformes : Hybodontidae : Hybodus : Hybodus sasseniensis252.17 - 251.3 Ma
Phanerozoic
Lissodus angulatus
species
Animalia : Chordata : Chondrichthyes : Hybodontiformes : Lissodus : Lissodus angulatus252.17 - 251.3 Ma
Phanerozoic

References

Stensiö E. A. (1918) Notes on some fish remains collected at Hornsund by the Norwegian Spitzbergen Expedition in 1917, Norsk Geologisk Tidsskrift 5, 75-78
Stensiö E. A. (1921) , Triassic Fishes from Spitzbergen, Part I, 1-307
Błażejowski B. (2004) Shark Teeth from the Lower Triassic of Spitsbergen and their histology, Polish Polar Research 25 2, 153-167
First record of catacrinid crinoid from the Lower Permian of Spitsbergen B., Duffin C. J., et al (2013) Saurichthys (Pisces, Actinopterygii) teeth from the Lower Triassic of Spitsbergen, with comments on their stable isotope composition (δ13C and δ18O) and X-ray microtomography, Polish Polar Research 34, 23-38
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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