Red Bay Series: Silurian, Norway
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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unclassified
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Punctatisporites glabar microspore
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80.5 %-individuals | |||||||||
| Described by Allen, 1967. | ||||||||||
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Sphenopsida
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Calamospora nigrata microspore
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1 %-individuals | |||||||||
| Described by Allen, 1967. | ||||||||||
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unclassified
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? Taeniocrada spitsbergensis n. sp. axis
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5 specimens | |||||||||
| Schweitzer (68) says it is like T. Langi | ||||||||||
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Hostinella indet. sterile axis
Barrande 1882
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| axillary bud present | ||||||||||
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Prototaxites sp. axis, plant debris
Dawson 1859
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5 specimens | |||||||||
| fungal | ||||||||||
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Pteridopsida
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Granulatisporites muninensis microspore
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1.5 %-individuals | |||||||||
| Described by Allen, 1967. | ||||||||||
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Leiotriletes parvus microspore
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4.5 %-individuals | |||||||||
| Described by Allen, 1967. | ||||||||||
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unclassified
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Cyclogranisporites plicatus microspore
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6.5 %-individuals | |||||||||
| Described by Allen, 1967. | ||||||||||
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Emphanisporites minutus microspore
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4.0 %-individuals | |||||||||
| Described by Allen, 1967. | ||||||||||
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? Zosterophyllum sp. axis
Penhallow 1892
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5 specimens | |||||||||
| characteristic branching on one specimen, fertile parts unknown | ||||||||||
| 1 specimen | ||||||||||
| thalloid, presumed algal | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Norway | State/province: | Svalbard |
| Coordinates: | 78.0° North, 20.0° East (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 12.0° North, 69.4° West (Wright 2013) | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Silurian | ||
| 10 m.y. bin: | Silurian 1-2 | ||
| *Period: | Late/Upper Silurian - Middle - Late/Upper Silurian | *Epoch: | Middle Downtonian - Late/Upper Downtonian |
| Key time interval: | Silurian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 443.1 - 419.62 m.y. ago | ||
| * legacy (obsolete) database fields | |||
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Frankelryggen | Local bed: | Raudfjorden Series | ||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: The brook exposes a section at a height of about 60 m above sea level, the beds dipping 20-30 degrees in a direction varying from V 10-V 40 degrees south, which causes the stratigraphically highest beds to occur lowest down in the ravine. | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | red or brown sandstone |
| Secondary lithology: | green "shale" |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: Most come from the lower of two thin shale layers interspersed in the sandstone. | |
| Environment: | fluvial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Preservation of anatomical detail: | variable |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | bulk,peel or thin section,field collection |
| Collection size: | 30 specimens |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Taxonomic list comments:Microspores records were taken from Allen, K. C. 1967 | |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Frankelryggen | ||
| Database number: | 20839 | ||
| Authorizer: | P. Gensel | Enterer: | A. Tuell |
| Modifier: | P. Gensel | Research group: | paleobotany |
| Created: | 2002-06-10 09:01:03 | Last modified: | 2025-02-22 15:12:02 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2002-06-10 09:01:03 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC0 | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 6435. | O. A. Hoeg. 1942. The Downtonian and Devonian Flora of Spitsbergen. Skrifter (83) [P. Gensel/A. Tuell/A. Tuell] |