The history of exploration and stratigraphy of the Early to Middle Triassic vertebrate-bearing strata of Svalbard (Sassendalen Group, Spitsbergen)

• Published in: Norwegian Journal of Geology
• Main Authors: Hurum, Jørn Harald, Engelschiøn, Victoria Sjøholt, Økland, Inghild Halvorsen, Bratvold, Janne, Ekeheien, Christina, Roberts, Aubrey Jane, Delsett, Lene Liebe, Hansen, Bitten Bolvig, Mørk, Atle, Nakrem, Hans Arne, Druckenmiller, Patrick Scott, Hammer, Øyvind
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2018
• Subjects: Sassendalen; Svalbard; Spitsbergen
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10852/71101; http://urn.nb.no/URN:NBN:no-74225; https://doi.org/10.17850/njg98-2-04

The palaeontology of the Lower to Middle Triassic succession in Spitsbergen has been studied for more than a century and a half. Our ability to properly interpret the evolutionary and ecological implications of the faunas requires precise stratigraphic control that has only recently become available. Within such a detailed stratigraphic framework, the Spitsbergen fossil material promises to contribute to our understanding of the faunal recovery after the end-Permian mass extinction.