Bear Island (Devonian of Norway)
Where: Norway (74.5° N, 19.0° E: paleocoordinates 3.5° N, 3.7° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Late/Upper Devonian (382.7 - 358.9 Ma)
Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; sandstone and shale
• quartz conglomerate
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Primary reference: O. Holtedahl. 1920. On the Paleozoic series of Bear Island, especially on the Heclahook system. Norsk Geologisk Tidsskrift 5:121-148 [W. Kiessling/M. Krause/M. Krause]more details
Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis
PaleoDB collection 154904: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Mihaela Krause on 18.03.2014
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Placodermi | |
"Asterolepidae sp." = Asterolepididae
"Asterolepidae sp." = Asterolepididae Traquair 1888 armour-plated fish | |
Osteichthyes | |
Holoptychius cf. americanus, Holoptychius nobilissimus, "Holoptychius giganteus" = Gyrolepis (Holoptychius) giganteus
Holoptychius cf. americanus Leidy 1843 lobe-finned fish
Holoptychius nobilissimus Agassiz 1835 lobe-finned fish
"Holoptychius giganteus" = Gyrolepis (Holoptychius) giganteus Agassiz 1843 lobe-finned fish |