Upper Gypsiferous Series, Billefjorden-Wijdefjorden (Permian of Svalbard and Jan Mayen)
Where: Svalbard and Jan Mayen (78.5° N, 16.8° E: paleocoordinates 35.9° N, 15.3° E)
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When: Gypsiferous Series Formation, Artinskian (290.1 - 279.3 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 212502: authorized by William Foster, entered by William Foster on 15.08.2020
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Taxonomic list
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Bivalvia | |
Schizodus ? sp. King 1844 clam | |
Gastropoda | |
Bellerophon ? sp. de Montfort 1808 snail | |
Chondrichthyes | |
Cladodus sp. Agassiz 1843 elasmobranch |