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

Where: Svalbard and Jan Mayen (78.5° N, 16.8° E)

• Paleocoordinates: 25.7° N, 7.8° E (Wright 2013)

• coordinate stated in text

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Black Crag Member (Wordiekammen limestones Formation), Moscovian (315.2 - 307.0 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 212497: authorized by William Foster, entered by William Foster on 15.08.2020

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Taxonomic list

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unclassified
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Cyprocardinia cf. sinensis
Bivalvia
 Pectinida - Limidae
Palaeolima sp.
Palaeolima sp. Hind 1903 file clam
Strophomenata
 Productida - Strophalosiidae
Strophalosia sp.
Strophalosia sp. King 1844
 Productida - Echinoconchidae
Echinoconchus elegans, "Productus (Waagenoconcha) ? humboldti" = Waagenoconcha humboldti
Echinoconchus elegans Norwood and Pratten 1855
"Productus (Waagenoconcha) ? humboldti" = Waagenoconcha humboldti d'Orbigny 1842
Rhynchonellata
 Spiriferida - Spiriferidae
Spirifer sp.
Spirifer sp. Sowerby 1818
Stenolaemata
 Cryptostomata - Fenestellidae
Fenestella plebeia, "Fenestella stschugorensis" = Laxifenestella stschugorensis, "Fenestella foraminosa" = Flexifenestella foraminosa
"Fenestella stschugorensis" = Laxifenestella stschugorensis Schulga-Nesterenko 1936
"Fenestella foraminosa" = Flexifenestella foraminosa Eichwald 1860
 Cystoporida - Goniocladiidae
Ramipora cf. hochstetteri
 Rhabdomesida - Rhomboporidae
Rhombopora bigemmis
 Trepostomata - Batostomellidae
Geinitzella sp.
Geinitzella sp. Waagen and Wentzel 1886
Anthozoa
 Stauriida - Bothrophyllidae
Bothrophyllum conicum
 Stauriida - Cyathopsidae
Caninia calophylloides, Caninia hoeli, Caninia nikitini
Caninia hoeli horn coral
Caninia nikitini horn coral
 Auloporida - Roemeriidae
Roemeripora wimani
Roemeripora wimani Heritsch 1939 tabulate coral
 Auloporida - Syringoporidae
Syringopora ramulosa, Syringopora sp.
Syringopora ramulosa tabulate coral
Syringopora sp. Goldfuss 1826 tabulate coral
Foraminifera
 Fusulinoidea - Ozawainellidae
Ozawainella sp.
Ozawainella sp. Thompson 1935
 Fusulinoidea -
Wedekindellina sp.
Wedekindellina sp. Dunbar and Henbest 1933