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

      Delsett, Lene Liebe; Novis, Linn Kristin; Roberts, Aubrey Jane; Koevoets, Maayke Jacqueline; Hammer, Øyvind; Druckenmiller, Patrick Scott; Hurum, Jørn Harald (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2015-12-16)
      The Late Jurassic Slottsmøya Member Lagersta¨tte 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 to articulation, landing mode, preservation, and possible predation and scavenging. The stratigraphic ...