Where: Svalbard and Jan Mayen (76.9° N, 16.0° E: paleocoordinates 76.9° N, 16.0° E)
• coordinate stated in text
• hand sample-level geographic resolution
When: Sofiekammen Formation (Hecla Hoek Group), Furongian (497.0 - 485.4 Ma)
• PJW: Sofiekammen is the Hecla Hoek group formation in the Furongian.
• formation-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; sandy limestone
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: bulk,
Primary reference: H. Major and T. S. Winsnes. 1955. Cambrian and Ordovician fossils from Sørkapp Land, Spitsbergen. Norsk Polarinstitutt Skrifter 106:1-63 [W. Foster/W. Foster/O. Alfaro]more details
Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis
PaleoDB collection 212582: authorized by William Foster, entered by William Foster on 16.08.2020
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Hyolitha | |
Hyolithes sp. d'Eichwald 1840 | |
Obolellata | |
Obolella cf. atlantica Walcott 1890 | |
Helcionelloida | |
"Platyceras primaevum" = Pelagiella primaeva
"Platyceras primaevum" = Pelagiella primaeva Billings 1872 | |
Trilobita | |
Olenellus sp. Hall 1861 trilobite | |
Artiopoda | |
Serrodiscus bellimarginatus Shaler and Foerste 1888
Serrodiscus cf. speciosus Ford 1873 | |
Hyolithellus cf. micans Billings 1871 |