The lingulid brachiopod Lingularia from lowermost Cretaceous hydrocarbon seep bodies, Sassenfjorden area, central Spitsbergen, Svalbard

• Main Authors: Holmer, Lars E., Nakrem, H. A.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Uppsala universitet, Paleobiologi 2012
• Subjects: Natural Sciences; Naturvetenskap; Sassenfjorden; Svalbard; Sassenfjord*; Spitsbergen
• Online Access: http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-186037

A series of Upper Jurassic to Lower Cretaceous samples of hydrocarbon seep bodies from central Spitsbergen (Svalbard) were treated with acetic acid to retrieve insoluble micro and macrofossils. The Lower Cretaceous samples yielded abundant lingulid material of Lingularia similis? Biernat & Emig...