Isfjord area (Triassic of Svalbard and Jan Mayen)
Where: Svalbard and Jan Mayen (78.3° N, 15.9° E: paleocoordinates 41.6° N, 8.6° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Vendomdalen Member (Vikinghøgda Formation), Spathian (251.3 - 247.2 Ma)
• "Lower Saurian Niveau"
Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: R. Motani. 1999. Phylogeny of the Ichthyopterygia. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 19(3):473-496 [M. Carrano/H. Street/H. Street]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 196985: authorized by Alex Dunhill, entered by Bethany Allen on 16.10.2018
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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| Reptilia | |
Pessopteryx nisseri n. sp.
Pessopteryx nisseri n. sp. Wiman 1910 ichthyosaur | |
"Pessopteryx minor n. sp." = Isfjordosaurus minor
"Pessopteryx minor n. sp." = Isfjordosaurus minor Motani 1999 ichthyosaur | |