Upper Wordiekammen Limestones, Billefjorden-Wijdefjorden (Permian of Svalbard and Jan Mayen)

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

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Taxonomic list

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unclassified
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Cribostomum sp., Cribostomum cf. longissimoides, Choristites sp., Spirigella sp.
Foraminifera
 Fusulinoidea - Schwagerinidae
Triticites ? arcticus, Schwagerina cf. anderssoni, Schwagerina princeps, Schwagerina schwageriniformis, Schwagerina cf. emaciata, Parafusulina ? lutugini
Triticites ? arcticus Schellwien 1908
 Fusulinoidea - Schubertellidae
Schubertella sp.
Schubertella sp. Staff and Wedekind 1910
 Palaeotextularoidea - Palaeotextulariidae
Palaeotextularia sp.
Bivalvia
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
"Pecten" sp.
"Pecten" sp. Müller 1776 scallop
 Mytilida - Mytilidae
"Modiola sp." = Modiolus
"Modiola sp." = Modiolus Lamarck 1801 mussel
Rostroconchia
 Conocardiida - Conocardiidae
Conocardium norini
Cephalopoda
 Orthocerida - Orthoceratidae
"Orthoceras" sp.
"Orthoceras" sp. Breynius 1832
Rhynchonellata
 Rhynchonellida - Rhynchoporidae
Rhynchopora sp., Rhynchopora nikitini
Rhynchopora sp. King 1865
Rhynchopora nikitini Tschernyschew 1889
 Rhynchonellida - Stenoscismatidae
""Camarophoria" sp." = Stenoscisma
""Camarophoria" sp." = Stenoscisma Conrad 1839
 Terebratulida - Dielasmatidae
Dielasma sp.
Dielasma sp. King 1856
 Athyridida - Athyrididae
Athyris sp.
 Spiriferida - Elythidae
"Squamularia guadalupensis" = Phricodothyris guadalupensis
"Squamularia guadalupensis" = Phricodothyris guadalupensis Shumard 1859
 Spiriferida - Martiniidae
"Martinia semiglobosa" = Tiramnia semiglobosa
"Martinia semiglobosa" = Tiramnia semiglobosa Tschernyschew 1902
Strophomenata
 Strophomenida - Chonetidae
Chonetes sp.
Chonetes sp. Fischer de Waldheim 1830
 Strophomenida - Rugosochonetidae
"Chonetes latesinuata" = Paramesolobus latesinuata, Lissochonetes sp.
"Chonetes latesinuata" = Paramesolobus latesinuata Schellwien 1892
Lissochonetes sp. Dunbar and Condra 1932
 Orthotetida - Derbyiidae
Derbyia ? grandis
Derbyia ? grandis Waagen 1884
 Orthotetida - Schuchertellidae
Streptorhynchus sp.
 Productida - Echinoconchidae
"Productus (Waagenoconchd) ? humboldti" = Waagenoconcha humboldti
"Productus (Waagenoconchd) ? humboldti" = Waagenoconcha humboldti d'Orbigny 1842
 Productida - Productidae
Dictyoclostus taiyuanfuensis
 Productida - Productellidae
"Marginifera pusilla" = Eomarginifera pusilla
"Marginifera pusilla" = Eomarginifera pusilla Schellwien 1892
 Productida - Linoproductidae
"Productus cora" = Linoproductus cora, "Productus lineatus" = Linoproductus lineatus, "Productus konincki" = Cancrinella koninckiana, Cancrinella cancriniformis
"Productus cora" = Linoproductus cora d'Orbigny 1842
"Productus lineatus" = Linoproductus lineatus Waagen 1884
"Productus konincki" = Cancrinella koninckiana Keyserling 1846
Cancrinella cancriniformis Tschernyschew 1889
Stenolaemata
 Cryptostomata - Septoporidae
"Polypora cf. kolvae" = Shulgapora kolvae
"Polypora cf. kolvae" = Shulgapora kolvae Stuckenberg 1895
 Cryptostomata - Fenestellidae
"Fenestella tenuiseptata" = Alternifenestella tenuiseptata, Fenestella yabei
"Fenestella tenuiseptata" = Alternifenestella tenuiseptata Schulga-Nesterenko 1941
 Cryptostomata - Acanthocladiidae
Polypora krutovi, Polypora ornata
Polypora ornata Waagen and Pichl 1885
Anthozoa
 Auloporida - Roemeriidae
Roemeripora wimani
Roemeripora wimani Heritsch 1939 tabulate coral
 Auloporida - Tetraporellidae
Hayasakaia elegantula
Hayasakaia elegantula Yabw and Hayasaka 1915 tabulate coral
 Auloporida - Syringoporidae
Syringopora muhattenuata, Syringopora parallela, Syringopora ramulosa, Syringopora tschernyschewi, Syringopora sp.
Syringopora parallela tabulate coral
Syringopora ramulosa tabulate coral
Syringopora sp. Goldfuss 1826 tabulate coral
 Stauriida - Waagenophyllidae
Wentzelella kunthi
 Stauriida - Bothrophyllidae
Timania schmidti, Timania sp., Gshelia rouilleri
Timania schmidti horn coral
Timania sp. Shtukenberg 1895 horn coral
Gshelia rouilleri Stuckenberg 1888 horn coral
 Stauriida - Cyathopsidae
Caninia calophylloides, Caninia intermedia, Caninia nikitini, Caninia sp.
Caninia intermedia horn coral
Caninia nikitini horn coral
Caninia sp. Michelin 1840 horn coral
 Stauriida - Kleopatrinidae
"Wentzelella cf. magnifica" = Kleopatrina magnifica, "Wentzelella grandis" = Kleopatrina grandis, "Diphystrotion hyporiphaeum" = Protowentzelella hyporiphaea
"Wentzelella cf. magnifica" = Kleopatrina magnifica Porfiriev 1941 horn coral
"Wentzelella grandis" = Kleopatrina grandis Dobrolyubova 1941 horn coral
"Diphystrotion hyporiphaeum" = Protowentzelella hyporiphaea Porfiriev 1941 horn coral
 Stauriida - Lithostrotionidae
"Diphystrotion mirabile" = Stylastraea, Tschussovskenia capitosa, Siphonodendron sp., Siphonodendron schrenki
"Diphystrotion mirabile" = Stylastraea horn coral
Siphonodendron sp. McCoy 1849 horn coral
Demospongiae
 Spirosclerophorida - Haplistiidae
Pemmatites latitubus