Fossildalen, Colesbukta area (ZPAL collection) (Paleocene of Svalbard and Jan Mayen)

Where: Svalbard and Jan Mayen (78.1° N, 14.5° E: paleocoordinates 72.7° N, 8.9° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Basilika Formation, Thanetian (59.2 - 56.0 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: prodelta; lithified limestone

• Prodelta to delta front
• Methane seep carbonates and associated driftwood

Size class: macrofossils

Collected in 2015

• Repository: Institute of Paleobiology, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, Poland

Primary reference: K. Hryniewicz, K. Amano, R. G. Jenkins and S. Kiel. 2017. Thyasirid bivalves from Cretaceous and Paleogene cold seeps. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 62(4):705-728 [W. Kiessling/M. Krause]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 226628: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 18.07.2022

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Bivalvia
 Lucinida - Thyasiridae
Conchocele conradii
Conchocele conradii Rosenkrantz 1942 clam
 Pholadida - Pholadidae
Xylophagella littlei n. sp.
Xylophagella littlei n. sp. Hryniewicz 2019 clam
 Nuculanida - Yoldiidae
Yoldiella spitsbergensis n. sp.
Yoldiella spitsbergensis n. sp. Amano 2019 clam
 Nuculanida - Malletiidae
? Malletia sp.
? Malletia sp. des Moulins 1832 clam
 Nuculida - Nuculidae
? Nucula sp.
? Nucula sp. Lamarck 1799 nut clam
Rhynchonellata
 Terebratulida - Sellithyrididae
Neoliothyrina nakremi n. sp.
Neoliothyrina nakremi n. sp. Bitner 2019
Thecostraca
 Pollicipomorpha - Pollicipedidae
? Capitulum lailae
? Capitulum lailae Gipp 1927 barnacle