Also known as Frankelryggen
Where: Svalbard, Norway (78.0° N, 20.0° E: paleocoordinates 6.3° N, 17.9° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Frankelryggen Formation, Silurian (443.8 - 419.2 Ma)
• The brook exposes a section at a height of about 60 m above sea level, the beds dipping 20-30 degrees in a direction varying from V 10-V 40 degrees south, which causes the stratigraphically highest beds to occur lowest down in the ravine.
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: fluvial; sandstone and green shale
Collection methods: bulk, peel or thin section,
Primary reference: O. A. Hoeg. 1942. The Downtonian and Devonian Flora of Spitsbergen. Skrifter (83) [P. Gensel/A. Tuell/A. Tuell]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 20839: authorized by Pat Gensel, entered by Allison Tuell on 10.06.2002
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Zosterophyllum | |
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Taeniocrada | |
? Taeniocrada spitsbergensis n. sp.
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Hostinella | |
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Emphanisporites | |
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Pteridopsida | |
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Cyclogranisporites | |
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