Kolloseum, Ekmanfjorden, Palaeoaplysina bioherms: Asselian, Svalbard and Jan Mayen
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Bivalvia
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Bivalvia indet.
Linnaeus 1758
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Gastropoda
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Gastropoda indet.
Cuvier 1795
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unclassified
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Bryozoa indet.
Ehrenberg 1831
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Rhynchonellata
- Rhynchonellida
- Stenoscismatidae
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Septacamera sp.
Stepanov 1937
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unclassified
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Echinodermata indet.
Klein 1754
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Anthozoa
- Stauriida
- Geyerophyllidae
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Amygdalophylloides ivanovi
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Somerville 1997 | ||||||
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Carinthiaphyllum sp.
Heritsch 1936
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Somerville 1997 | ||||||
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Anthozoa
- Stauriida
- Kleopatrinidae
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Heintzella spitsbergensis
(Fedorowski 1965)
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Rhodophyceae
- Archaeolithophyllales
- Palaoaplysinaceae
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Palaeoaplysina sp.
Krotov 1888
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Foraminiferida
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Foraminiferida indet.
(Eichwald 1830)
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Geography
| Country: | Svalbard and Jan Mayen |
| Coordinates: | 78.7° North, 14.6° East (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 31.6° North, 11.7° East |
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark |
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Permian | Epoch: | Cisuralian |
| Stage: | Asselian | 10 m.y. bin: | Permian 1 |
| Key time interval: | Asselian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 298.90000 - 293.52000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Geological group: | Gipsdalen | Formation: | Wordiekammen | Member: | Tyrrellfjellet |
| Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: Wordiekammen Formation is also known as Nordenskioldbreen Formation; from the base of the member | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | lithified "reef rocks" |
| Secondary lithology: | lithified wackestone |
| Lithology description: Palaeoaplysina bioherms, up to 15 m thick | |
| Environment: | reef, buildup or bioherm |
Taphonomy
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils,mesofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | peel or thin section,field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Reef 301 | ||
| Database number: | 75721 | ||
| Authorizer: | W. Kiessling | Enterer: | U. Merkel |
| Modifier: | U. Merkel | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2007-10-25 03:38:13 | Last modified: | 2007-10-25 07:48:51 |
| Access level: | authorizer only | Released: | 2009-10-25 03:38:13 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 25572. | M. Skaug, C. W. Dons, O. Lauritzen and D. Worsley. 1982. Lower Permian palaeoaplysinid bioherms and associated sediments from central Spitsbergen. Polar Research 2:57-75 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel] |
Secondary references:
| 25573 | I. D. Somerville. 1997. Biostratigraphy and biofacies of Upper Carboniferous-Lower Permian rugose coral assemblages from the Isfjorden area, central Spitsbergen. Boletin de la Real Sociedad Espanola de Historia Natural, Seccion Geologica 92:365-380 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel] |