Oppgangsdalen, Bjornoya (Permian of Svalbard and Jan Mayen)

Where: Svalbard and Jan Mayen (74.4° N, 19.1° E: paleocoordinates 35.0° N, 19.0° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Miseryfjellet Formation, Kungurian (279.3 - 272.3 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lithified limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: peel or thin section,

Primary reference: J. Malecki. 1977. Permian bryozoans from southern Spitsbergen and Bjornoya (Svalbard). Studia Geologica Polonica 51:75-88 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 112876: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 17.07.2011

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Taxonomic list

Stenolaemata
 Cystoporida - Goniocladiidae
"Septopora phyllata n. sp." = Ramipora hochstetteri
"Septopora phyllata n. sp." = Ramipora hochstetteri Toula 1875
 Cryptostomata - Acanthocladiidae
Polypora cf. russiensis Shulga-Nesterenko 1941
Polypora cf. ovaticella Shulga-Nesterenko 1941
 Cryptostomata - Fenestellidae
"Fenestella paratuberculifera" = Minilya paratuberculifera, "Fenestella superretiformis" = Rectifenestella superretiformis, "Fenestella retiformis" = Rectifenestella retiformis, "Fenestella pseudoretiformis" = Rectifenestella pseudoretiformis
"Fenestella paratuberculifera" = Minilya paratuberculifera Yang and Lu 1962
"Fenestella superretiformis" = Rectifenestella superretiformis Romantchuk 1970
"Fenestella retiformis" = Rectifenestella retiformis von Schlotheim 1816
"Fenestella pseudoretiformis" = Rectifenestella pseudoretiformis Morozova 1970