Austfjorden Series (Devonian to of Norway)
Also known as Wood Bay Series
Where: Svalbard, Norway (62.0° N, 6.0° E: paleocoordinates 10.9° S, 0.3° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Austifjorden Sandstone Member (Wood Bay Formation), Middle Devonian to Middle Devonian (393.3 - 382.7 Ma)
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: green sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: mechanical,
Primary reference: O. A. Hoeg. 1942. The Downtonian and Devonian Flora of Spitsbergen. Skrifter (83) [P. Gensel/A. Tuell/A. Tuell]more details
PaleoDB collection 20992: authorized by Pat Gensel, entered by Allison Tuell on 14.06.2002
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
• The specimen was found through the splitting of a very hard nodule. It is a bit of a straight axis, about 3 mm broad, bearing thorns, one of which is 4 mm. long.
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? Psilophyton sp. Dawson 1859 have form characteristic of Psilo., but specific determination was impossible
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