Where: Svalbard and Jan Mayen (76.8° N, 15.9° E: paleocoordinates 76.8° N, 15.9° E)
• coordinate stated in text
• hand sample-level geographic resolution
When: Sofiekammen Formation (Hecla Hoek Group), Furongian (497.0 - 485.4 Ma)
• PJW: Sofiekammen is the Hecla Hoek group formation in the Furongian.
• group-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; sandy limestone
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: bulk,
Primary reference: H. Major and T. S. Winsnes. 1955. Cambrian and Ordovician fossils from Sørkapp Land, Spitsbergen. Norsk Polarinstitutt Skrifter 106:1-63 [W. Foster/W. Foster/O. Alfaro]more details
Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis
PaleoDB collection 212581: authorized by William Foster, entered by William Foster on 16.08.2020
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Trilobita | |
Olenellus sp. Hall 1861 trilobite
Olenellus cf. thompsoni Hall 1859 trilobite | |
Artiopoda | |
Serrodiscus cf. speciosus Ford 1873 | |
Pagetia sp. Walcott 1916 |