Sjdanovfjellet, Upper Sjdanovfjellet series (Ordovician of Svalbard and Jan Mayen)

Where: Svalbard and Jan Mayen (76.9° N, 16.2° E: paleocoordinates 76.8° N, 16.2° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• hand sample-level geographic resolution

When: Sidanovfjellet series 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 212927: authorized by William Foster, entered by William Foster on 23.08.2020

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Taxonomic list

Gastropoda
 Euomphalina - Ophiletidae
"Beekmanoceras priscum" = Cyrtendoceras priscum
"Beekmanoceras priscum" = Cyrtendoceras priscum Ruedemann 1906 snail
Cephalopoda
 Ellesmerocerida - Ellesmeroceratidae
Oneotoceras sp. Ulrich 1926
 Orthocerida - Kionoceratidae
Polygrammoceras ? sp. Foerste 1927
 Bisonocerida - Piloceratidae