Middle Wordiekammen Limestones, Billefjorden-Wijdefjorden (Carboniferous to of Svalbard and Jan Mayen)

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

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Taxonomic list

unclassified
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Foraminifera
 Fusulinoidea - Schwagerinidae
 Fusulinoidea - Schubertellidae
Schubertella sp. Staff and Wedekind 1910
 Fusulinoidea - Fusulinidae
 Palaeotextularoidea - Palaeotextulariidae
 Lituolida - Lituolidae
Bigenerina sp. d'Orbigny 1826
Anthozoa
 Stauriida - Lophophyllidae
Lophophyllidium ? proliferum McChesney 1860 horn coral
 Stauriida - Cyathopsidae
Caninia intermedia horn coral
Caninia nikitini horn coral
Caninia sophiae horn coral
 Stauriida - Bothrophyllidae
Gshelia rouilleri Stuckenberg 1888 horn coral
 Auloporida - Pyrgiidae
Cladochonus bacillaris tabulate coral
 Auloporida - Syringoporidae
Syringopora sp. Goldfuss 1826 tabulate coral
Strophomenata
 Productida - Productidae
 Productida - Productellidae
"Marginifera pusilla" = Eomarginifera pusilla
"Marginifera pusilla" = Eomarginifera pusilla Schellwien 1892
Rhynchonellata
 Rhynchonellida - Rhynchoporidae
Bivalvia
 Pectinida - Pseudomonotidae
Pseudomonotis sp. von Beyrich 1862 scallop
Gastropoda
 Zygopleuroidea - Pseudozygopleuridae
Stephanozyga sp. Knight 1930 snail
 Bellerophontida - Bellerophontidae
Bellerophon sp. de Montfort 1808 snail
 Neritoidea - Naticopsidae
Naticopsis sp. M'Coy 1844 snail