Finnmark core 7129/10-U-01 layer 63.56m: Griesbachian, Norway

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
Anaplanisporites stipulatus microspore
Naumovaspora striata microspore
Simeonospora minuta microspore
Striatoabieites richteri microspore
Rewanispora sp. microspore
Gordonispora lubrica microspore
Michrystridium spp.
Fungae indet.
fungal type B
Fungae indet.
fungal remain
Tympanicysta stoschiana
Apiculatisporis lanjouwii microspore
Apiculatisporis spp. microspore
Pteridopsida
Leiotriletes sp. microspore Potonie and Kremp 1954
sp. A
Leiotriletes spp. microspore
Polypodiopsida - Gleicheniales - Matoniaceae
Dictyophyllidites mortonii microspore Playford and Dettmann 1965
Polypodiopsida - Blechnaceae
Leptolepidites jonkeri microspore
unclassified
Polycingulatisporites densatus microspore Playford and Dettmann 1965
Lycopsida
Uvaesporites sp. microspore Döring 1965
morphon
unclassified
Dictyotriletes spp. microspore
Maculatasporites spp. microspore
Klausipollenites spp. microspore
Ginkgoopsida - Ephedrales
Ephedripites steevesii microspore
Ephedripites spp. microspore
unclassified
Retusotriletes spp. microspore
Pinopsida - Pinales - Taxaceae
Striatopodocarpites spp. microspore
unclassified
Cyclogranisporites spp. microspore
Equisetopsida - Cupressales
Inaperturopollenites nebulosus microspore
unclassified
Pilasporites spp.
Lunatisporites noviaulensis microspore
Lunatisporites spp. microspore
Lycopodiopsida - Selaginellales
Densoisporites nejburgii microspore
Densoisporites playfordii microspore
unclassified
Lundbladispora obsoleta microspore
Lundbladispora spp. microspore
see common names

Geography
Country:Norway
Coordinates: 71.2° North, 29.3° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:37.7° North, 19.5° East
Basis of coordinate:stated in text
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period:Triassic Epoch:Early/Lower Triassic
10 m.y. bin:Triassic 1
*Period:Early/Lower Triassic *Epoch:Early/Lower Scythian
*International age/stage:Griesbachian
Key time interval:Griesbachian Zone: Lundbladispora obsoleta - Tympanicysta stoschiana Assemblage Zone
Age range of interval:251.90200 - 251.40000 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Local bed:63.56m
Local order:top to bottom
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Stratigraphy comments: Similarities with Vardebukta Formation in Svalbard (Hochuli et al., 1989; Mangerud and Konieczny 1991,1993), with the lower Bjorne and Blind Fiord formations in the Sverdrup Basin (Fisher, 1979; Utting, 1985, 1989, pers. comm., 1993) and similar to the Wordie Creek Formation in East Greenland (Balme, 1980) and to the Toad/Grayling Formation in western Canada (Jansonius, 1962).
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: silty sandstone
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: silty sandstone
Environment:estuary/bay
Geology comments: lagoonal estuarine environment
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body,original sporopollenin
Size of fossils:microfossils
Disassociated minor elements:all
Temporal resolution:snapshot
Spatial resolution:parautochthonous
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:core,chemical,mechanical,field collection
Reason for describing collection:biostratigraphic analysis
Collection method comments: All palynological slides are housed in the type collection of the Paleontological Museum of Oslo.
Metadata
Database number:31354
Authorizer:C. Looy Enterer:F. Verbruggen
Modifier:F. Verbruggen Research group:paleobotany
Created:2003-05-08 08:53:07 Last modified:2003-05-08 11:53:09
Access level:the public Released:2003-05-08 08:53:07
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
8467. G. Mangerud. 1994. Palynostratigraphy of the Permian and lowermost Triassic succession, Finnmark Platform, Barents Sea. Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology 82:317-349 [C. Looy/F. Verbruggen/F. Verbruggen]