Mt. Congress, above fish horizon (Triassic of Svalbard and Jan Mayen)
Where: Svalbard and Jan Mayen (78.6° N, 15.3° E)
• Paleocoordinates: 55.9° N, 21.2° E (Wright 2013)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Smithian (251.3 - 247.2 Ma)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; lithified siliciclastic sediments
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: E. A. Stensiƶ. 1925. Triassic fishes from Spitzbergen, Part II. Kungliga Svenska Vetenskapsakademiens Handlingar, Tredgje Serien 2(1):1-261 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 120376: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 11.11.2011
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Osteichthyes | |
"Saurichthys elongatus" = Saurichthys (Lepidosaurichthys) elongatus
"Saurichthys elongatus" = Saurichthys (Lepidosaurichthys) elongatus Stensiƶ 1925 ray-finned fish |