The Tschermakfjellet Formation is a geological formation in Svalbard, Norway, a subunit of the Kapp Toscana Group. The formation dates to the Late Triassic (early Carnian).
Description It is named after the mountain of Tschermakfjellet in Dickson Land at Spitsbergen, while its type section is found at Botneheia in Nordenskiöld Land.Harland 1997: p. 349Buchan 1965: p. 26 The formation has provided fossils of invertebrates and of an indeterminate pistosaurid.Tschermakfjellet, Dickinsonland, Svalbard, early Carnian (Triassic of Svalbard and Jan Mayen) at Fossilworks.org
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Further reading H. J. Campbell. 1994. The Triassic bivalves Daonella and Halobia in New Zealand, New Caledonia, and Svalbard. Institute of Geological and Nuclear Sciences Monograph 4:1-165