Boltonbreen BOLT-B2 (Carboniferous of Svalbard and Jan Mayen)

Where: Svalbard and Jan Mayen (78.5° N, 17.0° E: paleocoordinates 30.3° N, 11.2° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Tyrrellfjellet Member (Nordenskioldbreen Formation), Gzhelian (303.7 - 298.9 Ma)

• Lowermost part of Tyrrellfjellet Member, Palaeoaplysina bioherm 2

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; lithified reef rocks

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by Carl E. Dons in 1980

Collection methods: peel or thin section,

Primary reference: H. A. Nakrem. 1994. Middle Carboniferous to Early Permian bryozoans from Spitsbergen. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 39:45-116 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 115526: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 02.09.2011

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Stenolaemata
 Cryptostomata - Fenestellidae