The Slottsmøya marine reptile Lagerstätte: depositional environments, taphonomy and diagenesis

• Published in: Geological Society, London, Special Publications
• Main Authors: Delsett, Lene L., Novis, Linn K., Roberts, Aubrey J., Koevoets, Maayke J., Hammer, Oyvind, Druckenmiller, Patrick S., Hurum, Jorn H.
• Other Authors: Kear, B.P., Lindgren, J., Hurum, J.H., Milan, H., Vaida, V.
• Format: Book Part
• Language: English
• Published: Geological Society of London 2015
• Subjects: Slottsmøya; Arctic; Spitsbergen
• Online Access: https://eprints.soton.ac.uk/397723/; https://eprints.soton.ac.uk/397723/1/Geological%2520Society%252C%2520London%252C%2520Special%2520Publications-2015-Delsett-SP434.2.pdf

The Late Jurassic Slottsmøya Member Lagerstätte on Spitsbergen offers a unique opportunity to study the relationships between vertebrate fossil preservation, invertebrate occurrences and depositional environment. In this study, 21 plesiosaurian and 17 ichthyosaur specimens are described with respect...