Middle Brachiopod Chert, Billefjorden-Wijdefjorden (Permian of Svalbard and Jan Mayen)

Where: Svalbard and Jan Mayen (78.5° N, 16.8° E: paleocoordinates 35.9° N, 15.3° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Middle Brachiopod Chert Formation, Artinskian (290.1 - 279.3 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 212504: authorized by William Foster, entered by William Foster on 15.08.2020

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Taxonomic list

Demospongiae
 Spirosclerophorida - Haplistiidae
"Pemmatites arcticus" = Haplistion arcticum
"Pemmatites arcticus" = Haplistion arcticum Dunikowski 1884 demosponge
Anthozoa
 Stauriida - Antiphyllidae
"Lytvelasma geinitzii" = Lytvolasma, "Lytvelasma nordenskioldi" = Lytvolasma
"Lytvelasma geinitzii" = Lytvolasma horn coral
"Lytvelasma nordenskioldi" = Lytvolasma horn coral
 Stauriida - Polycoeliidae
"Polycoelia heintzi" = Calophyllum
"Polycoelia heintzi" = Calophyllum horn coral
 Stauriida - Bothrophyllidae
Timania sp. Shtukenberg 1895 horn coral
 Stauriida - Laccophyllidae
"Amplexicarinia cf. smithi" = Amplexocarinia
"Amplexicarinia cf. smithi" = Amplexocarinia horn coral
Bivalvia
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Pecten sp. Müller 1776 scallop
 Pectinida - Heteropectinidae
"Aviculopecten cf. mutabilis" = Kolymopecten mutabilis, "? Aviculopecten cf. hiemalis" = Etheripecten hiemalis
"Aviculopecten cf. mutabilis" = Kolymopecten mutabilis Licharew 1927 scallop
"? Aviculopecten cf. hiemalis" = Etheripecten hiemalis Salter 1865 scallop
 Pectinida - Aviculopectinidae
"Pecten (Pseudomusium) cf. ufaensis" = Aviculopecten ufaensis
"Pecten (Pseudomusium) cf. ufaensis" = Aviculopecten ufaensis Tschernyschew 1902 scallop
Stenolaemata
 Cryptostomata - Fenestellidae
"Fenestella cf. quadratopora" = Fabifenestella quadratopora Schulga-Nesterenko 1939
"Fenestella pseudovirgosa" = Fabifenestella pseudovirgosa Nekhoroshev 1938
"Fenestella permiana" = Fabifenestella permiana Stukenberg 1895
"Fenestella foraminosa" = Flexifenestella foraminosa Eichwald 1860
Fenestella simulatrix Crockford 1946
Fenestella pulcherrima Schulga-Nesterenko 1941
Fenestella cf. chapmani Crockford 1944
"Fenestella solida" = Spinofenestella solida Schulga-Nesterenko 1941
"Fenestella bifida" = Alternifenestella bifida Eichwald 1860
"Fenestella exserta" = Laxifenestella exserta Laseron 1918
Rhynchonellata
 Rhynchonellida - Stenoscismatidae
""Camarophoria" sp." = Stenoscisma
""Camarophoria" sp." = Stenoscisma Conrad 1839
 Athyridida - Athyrididae
"Athyris royssiana" = Pinegathyris royssiana
"Athyris royssiana" = Pinegathyris royssiana Keyserling 1846
 Spiriferida - Paeckelmanellidae
""Spiriferina" expansa" = Paeckelmanella expansa
""Spiriferina" expansa" = Paeckelmanella expansa Tschernyschew 1902
 Spiriferida - Spiriferellidae
"Spiriferella draschei" = Spiriferella keilhavii
"Spiriferella draschei" = Spiriferella keilhavii von Buch 1847
 Spiriferida - Trigonotretidae
"Spirifer fasciger" = Neospirifer fasciger, "Spirifer ravana" = Wadispirifer ravana
"Spirifer fasciger" = Neospirifer fasciger Keyserling 1846
"Spirifer ravana" = Wadispirifer ravana Diener 1897
Strophomenata
 Productida - Echinoconchidae
"Productus (Waagenoconcha) sp." = Waagenoconcha
"Productus (Waagenoconcha) sp." = Waagenoconcha
 Productida - Paucispiniferidae
"Productus (Horridonia) pseudohorridus" = Anemonaria pseudohorrida
"Productus (Horridonia) pseudohorridus" = Anemonaria pseudohorrida Wiman 1914
 Productida - Productidae
"Productus impressus" = Archboldevia impressa, "Dictyoclostus uralicus" = Reticulatia uralica
"Productus impressus" = Archboldevia impressa Toula 1875
"Dictyoclostus uralicus" = Reticulatia uralica Tschernyschew 1902