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Selander, Svalbard, Norway

Formation	Selander
Age:	260 - 254 Ma Permian
Interval	Wuchiapingian
Number of Collections	20
Number of Occurrences	35

Recorded Sample Locations

Location	Region	Stratigraphic Name
Cape Selander	Svalbard, Norway	Selander

Associated Units

Stratigraphic Name	Age	Lithology	Occurrence Records
Kapp Starostin	272 - 254 Ma Permian	limestone, "siliciclastic", sandstone, chert	117
Kapp Starostin - Hovtinden	254 - 252 Ma Permian	siliciclastic, "limestone", "shale", "shale"/"limestone", sandstone/"limestone", sandstone, sandstone/mudstone, marl/"shale", chert	141

Recorded Fossils

Accepted Name	Type	Hierarchy	Age
Pinegathyris kotlukovi species	7	Animalia : Brachiopoda : Rhynchonellata : Athyridida : Athyrididae : Pinegathyris : *Pinegathyris kotlukovi*	259.9 - 254.17 Ma Permian
Tornquistia forbesi species	7	Animalia : Brachiopoda : Strophomenata : Productida : Anopliidae : Tornquistia : *Tornquistia forbesi*	259.9 - 254.17 Ma Permian
Kuvelousia weyprechti species	7	Animalia : Brachiopoda : Strophomenata : Productida : Linoproductidae : Kuvelousia : *Kuvelousia weyprechti*	259.9 - 254.17 Ma Permian
Spitzbergenia gracilis species	7	Animalia : Brachiopoda : Strophomenata : Productida : Monticuliferidae : Spitzbergenia : *Spitzbergenia gracilis*	259.9 - 254.17 Ma Permian
Spitzbergenia khinlopensis species	7	Animalia : Brachiopoda : Strophomenata : Productida : Monticuliferidae : Spitzbergenia : *Spitzbergenia khinlopensis*	259.9 - 254.17 Ma Permian
Spitzbergenia loveni species	7	Animalia : Brachiopoda : Strophomenata : Productida : Monticuliferidae : Spitzbergenia : *Spitzbergenia loveni*	259.9 - 254.17 Ma Permian
Striapustula singletoni species	7	Animalia : Brachiopoda : Strophomenata : Productida : Monticuliferidae : Striapustula : *Striapustula singletoni*	259.9 - 254.17 Ma Permian
Anemonaria pseudohorrida species	7	Animalia : Brachiopoda : Strophomenata : Productida : Productellidae : Anemonaria : *Anemonaria pseudohorrida*	259.9 - 254.17 Ma Permian
Bruntonia maynci species	7	Animalia : Brachiopoda : Strophomenata : Productida : Productidae : Bruntonia : *Bruntonia maynci*	259.9 - 254.17 Ma Permian
Burovia selanderensis species	7	Animalia : Brachiopoda : Strophomenata : Productida : Productidae : Burovia : *Burovia selanderensis*	259.9 - 254.17 Ma Permian
Thuleproductus crassauritus species	7	Animalia : Brachiopoda : Strophomenata : Productida : Productidae : Thamnosia : *Thuleproductus crassauritus*	259.9 - 254.17 Ma Permian
Svalbardia capitolina species	7	Animalia : Brachiopoda : Strophomenata : Productida : Rugosochonetidae : Svalbardia : *Svalbardia capitolina*	259.9 - 254.17 Ma Permian

References

Sarycheva T. G. (1977) Pozdnepaleozoyskie produktidy Sibiri i Arktiki [Upper Paleozoic productids of Siberia and the Arctic], Akademiya Nauk SSSR, Trudy Paleontologicheskogo Instituta 161, 1-220

Sarycheva T. G. (1977) Brakhiopody verkhnego paleozoya Sibiri i Arktiki, Akademiya Nauk SSSR, Trudy Paleontologicheskogo Instituta 162, 1-119

Ustritsky V. I. (1980) Burovia - novyy rod khorridoniid (Brachiopoda) iz selanderskoy svity arkhipelaga Sval'bard, Geologiya Osadochnogo Chekhla Arkhipelaga Sval'bard, 25-29

Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!

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