Tsjebysjovfjellet, Hecla Hook Series (Ordovician of Svalbard and Jan Mayen)

Where: Svalbard and Jan Mayen (76.9° N, 16.0° E: paleocoordinates 76.9° N, 16.0° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• hand sample-level geographic resolution

When: Rasstupet Limestone Formation (Hecla Hook Group), Early/Lower Ordovician (485.4 - 470.0 Ma)

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 212586: authorized by William Foster, entered by William Foster on 16.08.2020

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Taxonomic list

Rhynchonellata
 Pentamerida - Clarkellidae
Chlorophyceae
  - Receptaculitidae
Receptaculites sp. Defrance 1827