Passage Beds, Billefjorden-Wijdefjorden (Carboniferous of Svalbard and Jan Mayen)

Where: Svalbard and Jan Mayen (78.5° N, 16.8° E: paleocoordinates 27.4° N, 8.9° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Passage Beds Formation, Moscovian (315.2 - 307.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: marine; limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: C.L. Forbes, W.B. Harland, and N.F. Hughes. 1958. Palaeontological evidence for the Age of the Carboniferous and Permian rocks of central Vestspitsbergen. Geological Magazine 95(6):465-490 [W. Foster/W. Foster/P. Wagner]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 212496: authorized by William Foster, entered by William Foster on 15.08.2020

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Taxonomic list

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unclassified
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Choristites sp.
Demospongiae
 Hadromerida - Suberitidae
Chaetetes radians, Chaetetes svalbardicus
Anthozoa
 Auloporida - Pyrgiidae
Cladochonus bacillaris
Cladochonus bacillaris tabulate coral
 Auloporida - Syringoporidae
Syringopora ramulosa, Syringopora sp.
Syringopora ramulosa tabulate coral
Syringopora sp. Goldfuss 1826 tabulate coral
 Stauriida - Cyathopsidae
Caninia sp.
Caninia sp. Michelin 1840 horn coral
 Stauriida - Cyathaxoniidae
Cyathaxonia sp.
Cyathaxonia sp. Michelin 1847 horn coral
 Stauriida - Lithostrotionidae
Siphonodendron aff. annulatum
 Stauriida - Geyerophyllidae
Amygdalophylloides ivanovi
Gastropoda
 Bellerophontida - Bellerophontidae
Bellerophon ? sp.
Bellerophon ? sp. de Montfort 1808 snail
Bivalvia
 Cardiidia - Sanguinolitidae
Sanguinolites sp.
Sanguinolites sp. M'Coy 1844 clam
Rhynchonellata
 Spiriferinida - Paraspiriferinidae
""Spiriferina" insculpta" = Callispirina ornata
""Spiriferina" insculpta" = Callispirina ornata Waagen 1883
 Terebratulida - Dielasmatidae
Dielasma sp.
Dielasma sp. King 1856
 Spiriferida - Trigonotretidae
"Spirifer ? fasciger" = Neospirifer fasciger
"Spirifer ? fasciger" = Neospirifer fasciger Keyserling 1846
Strophomenata
 Productida - Linoproductidae
Linoproductus sp.
 Productida - Productidae
Dictyoclostus sp.
Dictyoclostus sp. Muir-Wood 1930
Foraminifera
 Fusulinoidea - Fusulinidae
Fusulinella ? eopulchra, Eofusulina cf. triangula
Fusulinella ? eopulchra Rauser-Chernousova 1951
 Fusulinoidea - Profusulinellidae
Profusulinella pararhomboides
 Fusulinoidea - Ozawainellidae
Ozawainella sp.
Ozawainella sp. Thompson 1935
 Fusulinoidea - Pseudostaffellidae
Pseudostaffella cf. antiqua, Pseudostaffella sphaeroidea