Botneheia, B1895: Anisian, Svalbard and Jan Mayen

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Aviculopectinidae
Aviculopecten sp. M'Coy 1851
see common names

Geography
Country:Svalbard and Jan Mayen
Coordinates: 78.3° North, 16.5° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:41.7° North, 6.1° East
Time
Period:Triassic Epoch:Middle Triassic
Stage:Anisian 10 m.y. bin:Triassic 2
Key time interval:Anisian
Age range of interval:247.20000 - 242.00000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Botneheia
Local section:Botnedeia Local bed:NA
Stratigraphy comments: From the description it appears to be the Deltadalen section on the south side of the Vikinghogda Mountain.
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: siltstone
Environment:offshore ramp
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:field collection
Reason for describing collection:biostratigraphic analysis
Metadata
Database number:212089
Authorizer:W. Foster Enterer:W. Foster
Created:2020-08-04 08:31:20 Last modified:2020-08-04 03:31:20
Access level:the public Released:2020-08-04 08:31:20
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
73264. S.H. Buchan, A. Challinor, and W.B. J.R. Harland Parker. 1965. The Triassic stratigraphy of Svalbard. Norsk Polarinstitutt Skrifter 135:1-98 [W. Foster/W. Foster]