Agardh Bay: Olenekian, Norway

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia - Grippiidae
Grippia longirostris n. gen., n. sp. Wiman 1929
1 specimen
see common names

Geography
Country:Norway State/province:Spitzberger
Coordinates: 78.0° North, 20.0° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:41.8° North, 9.8° East
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Time
Period:Triassic Epoch:Early/Lower Triassic
Stage:Olenekian 10 m.y. bin:Triassic 1
Key time interval:Olenekian
Age range of interval:251.20000 - 247.20000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Vikinghøgda Member:Vendomdalen
Local section:Spitsbergen Local bed:Grippia niveau bonebed
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Stratigraphy comments: Grippia niveau bonebed
also Spathian
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: ironstone
Environment:marine indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Metadata
Database number:34401
Authorizer:J. Hunter Enterer:M. Hall
Modifier:M. Uhen Research group:vertebrate
Created:2003-08-29 12:46:47 Last modified:2020-10-01 14:24:51
Access level:the public Released:2003-08-29 12:46:47
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

9052.5% 120C. Wiman. 1929. Eine neue Reptilien-Ordnung aus der Trias Spitzbergens. Bulletin of the Geological Institutions of the University of Upsala 22:183-196 [J. Hunter/M. Hall/M. Uhen]