Akseloya AKS-A-7.0 m (Permian of Svalbard and Jan Mayen)

Where: Svalbard and Jan Mayen (77.7° N, 14.7° E: paleocoordinates 35.0° N, 15.2° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Voringen Member (Kapp Starostin Formation), Artinskian (290.1 - 279.3 Ma)

• Neostreptognathodus pequopensis, Sweetognathus whitei. 7.0 m above base of section.

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; lithified limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: peel or thin section,

Primary reference: H. A. Nakrem. 1994. Bryozoans from the Lower Permian Voringen Member (Kapp Starostin Formation), Spitsbergen, Svalbard. Norsk Polarinstitutt Skrifter 196:1-93 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 90180: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 12.07.2009

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Taxonomic list

Stenolaemata
 Cystoporata - Fistuliporidae
Cyclotrypa distincta Morozova 1986
Cyclotrypa eximia Morozova 1986
 Cryptostomata - Acanthocladiidae
Polypora martis Fischer de Waldheim 1837
Polyporella borealis Stuckenberg 1895
 Cryptostomata - Fenestellidae
Fabifenestella "sp. A" Morozova 1974
Fenestella akselensis Nakrem 1994
Rectifenestella "sp. A" Morozova 1974
Rectifenestella retiformis von Schlotheim 1816
Rectifenestella microporata Shulga-Nesterenko 1939
 Cryptostomata - Hyphasmoporidae
"Streblascopora germana" = Streblotrypa (Streblascopora) germana
"Streblascopora germana" = Streblotrypa (Streblascopora) germana Bassler 1929
 Cryptostomata - Arthrostylidae
Permoheloclema merum Ozhgibesov 1983
 Cryptostomida - Timanodictyidae
 Trepostomida - Stenoporidae