Conglomerate facies, Holmeslettfjella Fm., Bulltinden Cgl. Member, Loc. 1 (Silurian to of Svalbard and Jan Mayen)

Where: Svalbard and Jan Mayen (78.5° N, 13.0° E: paleocoordinates 78.5° N, 13.0° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Bulltinden Conglomerate Member (Holmeslettfjella Formation), Llandovery to Llandovery (443.4 - 427.4 Ma)

• member-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lithified limestone

• The fossils occur in limestone but this litology is contained as pebbles or boulders in a course polymict conglomerate.

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: C. T. Scrutton, W. T. Horsfield, and W. B. Harland. 1976. Silurian fossils from western Spitsbergen. Geological Magazine 113(6):519-523 [P. Wagner/K. Koverman/K. Koverman]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 43308: authorized by Pete Wagner, entered by Kimberly Koverman on 11.08.2004

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Taxonomic list

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Crinoidea
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Crinoidea indet.
Crinoidea indet. Miller 1821 Sea lily
Echinoidea
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Echinoidea indet.
Echinoidea indet. Leske 1778 sea urchin
Gastropoda
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Gastropoda indet.
Gastropoda indet. Cuvier 1795 snail
Cephalopoda
 Nautiloidea -
Nautiloidea indet.
Nautiloidea indet. Agassiz 1847 nautiloid
Bryozoa
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Bryozoa indet.
Bryozoa indet. Ehrenberg 1831
Rhynchonellata
 Pentamerida - Pentameridae
"Harpidium" sp.
"Harpidium" sp. Kirk 1925
"Harpiduim" sp. (= aff. Lissocoelina of Boucot 1970)
Stromatoporoidea
 Stromatoporoidea -
Stromatoporoidea indet.
Stromatoporoidea indet. stromatoporoid sponge
Anthozoa
 Favositida - Favositidae
Paleofavosites sp.
Paleofavosites sp. Twenhofel 1914 tabulate coral
 Heliolitida - Halysitidae
Catenipora sp.
Catenipora sp. Lamarck 1816 tabulate coral
 Cystiphyllida - Tryplasmatidae
Tryplasma sp.
Tryplasma sp. Lonsdale 1845 horn coral
 Rugosa - Chonophyllidae
Ketophyllum sp.
Ketophyllum sp. Wedekind 1927 horn coral
 Stauriida - Kodonophyllidae
? Kodonophyllidae indet.
? Kodonophyllidae indet. Wedekind 1927 horn coral