Kruseryggen, coral horizon III, Hornsund, Spitsbergen (Permian of Svalbard and Jan Mayen)

Where: Svalbard and Jan Mayen (77.0° N, 16.1° E: paleocoordinates 32.0° N, 13.7° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Treskelodden Formation, Sakmarian (293.5 - 290.1 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; lithified conglomerate

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: E. Chwieduk. 2009. Early Permian solitary rugose corals from Kruseryggen (Treskelodden Fm, Hornsund area, southern Spitsbergen). Geologos 15:57-75 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 105234: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 17.02.2011

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Taxonomic list

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Anthozoa
 Stauriida - Bothrophyllidae
Timania ? multiseptata, Hornsundia lateseptata
Timania ? multiseptata Fedorowski 1965 horn coral
Hornsundia lateseptata Fedorowski 1965 horn coral
 Stauriida - Polycoeliidae
Svalbardphyllum pachyseptatum
Svalbardphyllum pachyseptatum Fedorowski 1965 horn coral