Where: Svalbard and Jan Mayen (78.5° N, 16.8° E: paleocoordinates 31.6° N, 12.3° E)
• coordinate stated in text
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: Wordiekammen limestones Formation, Gzhelian to Gzhelian (303.7 - 290.1 Ma)
Environment/lithology: marine; limestone
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: C.L. Forbes, W.B. Harland, and N.F. Hughes. 1958. Palaeontological evidence for the Age of the Carboniferous and Permian rocks of central Vestspitsbergen. Geological Magazine 95(6):465-490 [W. Foster/W. Foster/P. Wagner]more details
Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis
PaleoDB collection 212500: authorized by William Foster, entered by William Foster on 15.08.2020
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
Foraminifera | |
Schubertella sp. Staff and Wedekind 1910 | |
Cribrostomum sp. Moeller 1879 | |
Bigenerina sp. d'Orbigny 1826 | |
Anthozoa | |
Lophophyllidium ? proliferum McChesney 1860 horn coral | |
Caninia calophylloides horn coral
Caninia intermedia horn coral
Caninia nikitini horn coral
Caninia sophiae horn coral | |
Gshelia rouilleri Stuckenberg 1888 horn coral | |
Cladochonus bacillaris tabulate coral | |
Syringopora sp. Goldfuss 1826 tabulate coral | |
Strophomenata | |
"Marginifera pusilla" = Eomarginifera pusilla
"Marginifera pusilla" = Eomarginifera pusilla Schellwien 1892 | |
Rhynchonellata | |
Bivalvia | |
Pseudomonotis sp. von Beyrich 1862 scallop | |
Gastropoda | |
Stephanozyga sp. Knight 1930 snail | |
Bellerophon sp. de Montfort 1808 snail | |
Naticopsis sp. M'Coy 1844 snail |