Vestspitsbergen, Passage Beds Fusulinids (Carboniferous of Svalbard and Jan Mayen)

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

When: Fusulina foram zone, Passage Beds Formation (Campbelllryggen Group), Moscovian (315.2 - 307.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: limestone

Size class: mesofossils

Collection methods: description of the fusulinids collected by various expeditions to Spitsbergen

Primary reference: C.L. Forbes. 1960. Carboniferous and Permian Fusulinidae from Spitsbergen. Palaeontology 2(3):210-225 [B. Seuss/B. Seuss/B. Seuss]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 215957: authorized by Barbara Seuss, entered by Barbara Seuss on 01.12.2020

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Taxonomic list

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Foraminifera
 Fusulinoidea - Profusulinellidae
Profusulinella cf. pararhomboides
 Fusulinoidea - Ozawainellidae
Ozawainella spp.
Ozawainella spp. Thompson 1935
sample T 11
 Fusulinoidea - Pseudostaffellidae
Pseudostaffella sphaeroidea, Pseudostaffella cf. antiqua
Pseudostaffella sphaeroidea Moeller 1878
sample T 11
Pseudostaffella cf. antiqua Dutkevich 1934
sample F 51
 Fusulinoidea - Fusulinidae
Quasifusulina longissima, Eofusulina cf. triangula, "Fusulinella bocki" = Fusulinella (Fusulinella) bocki, Fusulinella eopulchra
Quasifusulina longissima von Möller 1878
sample B 372
"Fusulinella bocki" = Fusulinella (Fusulinella) bocki Moeller 1878
sample B 372
Fusulinella eopulchra Rauser-Chernousova 1951
sample S 48