Where: Svalbard and Jan Mayen (78.5° N, 16.8° E: paleocoordinates 33.0° N, 13.3° E)
• coordinate stated in text
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: Wordiekammen limestones Formation, Sakmarian (293.5 - 290.1 Ma)
Environment/lithology: marine; limestone
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: C.L. Forbes, W.B. Harland, and N.F. Hughes. 1958. Palaeontological evidence for the Age of the Carboniferous and Permian rocks of central Vestspitsbergen. Geological Magazine 95(6):465-490 [W. Foster/W. Foster/P. Wagner]more details
Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis
PaleoDB collection 212501: authorized by William Foster, entered by William Foster on 15.08.2020
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
Rostroconchia | |
Bivalvia | |
"Modiola sp." = Modiolus
"Modiola sp." = Modiolus Lamarck 1801 mussel | |
"Pecten" sp. Müller 1776 scallop | |
Cephalopoda | |
"Orthoceras" sp. Breynius 1832 | |
Stenolaemata | |
Polypora ornata Waagen and Pichl 1885 | |
"Fenestella tenuiseptata" = Alternifenestella tenuiseptata, Fenestella yabei
"Fenestella tenuiseptata" = Alternifenestella tenuiseptata Schulga-Nesterenko 1941 | |
"Polypora cf. kolvae" = Shulgapora kolvae
"Polypora cf. kolvae" = Shulgapora kolvae Stuckenberg 1895 | |
Rhynchonellata | |
""Camarophoria" sp." = Stenoscisma
""Camarophoria" sp." = Stenoscisma Conrad 1839 | |
Rhynchopora sp. King 1865
Rhynchopora nikitini Tschernyschew 1889 | |
"Squamularia guadalupensis" = Phricodothyris guadalupensis
"Squamularia guadalupensis" = Phricodothyris guadalupensis Shumard 1859 | |
"Martinia semiglobosa" = Tiramnia semiglobosa
"Martinia semiglobosa" = Tiramnia semiglobosa Tschernyschew 1902 | |
Dielasma sp. King 1856 | |
Strophomenata | |
Chonetes sp. Fischer de Waldheim 1830 | |
Lissochonetes sp., "Chonetes latesinuata" = Paramesolobus latesinuata
Lissochonetes sp. Dunbar and Condra 1932
"Chonetes latesinuata" = Paramesolobus latesinuata Schellwien 1892 | |
"Productus (Waagenoconchd) ? humboldti" = Waagenoconcha humboldti
"Productus (Waagenoconchd) ? humboldti" = Waagenoconcha humboldti d'Orbigny 1842 | |
"Marginifera pusilla" = Eomarginifera pusilla
"Marginifera pusilla" = Eomarginifera pusilla Schellwien 1892 | |
"Productus lineatus" = Linoproductus lineatus, "Productus cora" = Linoproductus cora, "Productus konincki" = Cancrinella koninckiana, Cancrinella cancriniformis
"Productus lineatus" = Linoproductus lineatus Waagen 1884
"Productus cora" = Linoproductus cora d'Orbigny 1842
"Productus konincki" = Cancrinella koninckiana Keyserling 1846
Cancrinella cancriniformis Tschernyschew 1889 | |
Derbyia ? grandis Waagen 1884 | |
Streptorhynchus sp. King 1850 | |
Anthozoa | |
Hayasakaia elegantula Yabw and Hayasaka 1915 tabulate coral | |
Roemeripora wimani Heritsch 1939 tabulate coral | |
Syringopora muhattenuata, Syringopora parallela, Syringopora ramulosa, Syringopora tschernyschewi, Syringopora sp.
Syringopora muhattenuata tabulate coral
Syringopora parallela tabulate coral
Syringopora ramulosa tabulate coral
Syringopora tschernyschewi tabulate coral
Syringopora sp. Goldfuss 1826 tabulate coral | |
Caninia calophylloides horn coral
Caninia intermedia horn coral
Caninia nikitini horn coral
Caninia sp. Michelin 1840 horn coral | |
Timania schmidti horn coral
Timania sp. Shtukenberg 1895 horn coral
Gshelia rouilleri Stuckenberg 1888 horn coral | |
"Diphystrotion hyporiphaeum" = Protowentzelella hyporiphaea, "Wentzelella grandis" = Kleopatrina grandis, "Wentzelella cf. magnifica" = Kleopatrina magnifica
"Diphystrotion hyporiphaeum" = Protowentzelella hyporiphaea Porfiriev 1941 horn coral
"Wentzelella grandis" = Kleopatrina grandis Dobrolyubova 1941 horn coral
"Wentzelella cf. magnifica" = Kleopatrina magnifica Porfiriev 1941 horn coral | |
Wentzelella kunthi horn coral | |
Tschussovskenia capitosa, Siphonodendron sp., Siphonodendron schrenki, "Diphystrotion mirabile" = Stylastraea
Tschussovskenia capitosa horn coral
Siphonodendron sp. McCoy 1849 horn coral
Siphonodendron schrenki horn coral
"Diphystrotion mirabile" = Stylastraea horn coral | |
Demospongiae | |
Pemmatites latitubus demosponge | |
Foraminifera | |
Schubertella sp. Staff and Wedekind 1910 | |