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Tetradium limestone, Bear Island, Svalbard, Norway

FormationTetradium limestone
Age:470 - 458 Ma
Middle Ordovician
IntervalMiddle Ordovician
Lithologydolomite
Number of Collections1
Number of Occurrences13

Recorded Sample Locations

LocationRegionStratigraphic Name
Bear IslandBear Island, Svalbard, NorwayTetradium limestone

Recorded Fossils

Accepted NameHierarchyAge
Bryozoa
phylum
2Animalia : Bryozoa470 - 458.4 Ma
Middle Ordovician
Crinoidea
class
3Animalia : Echinodermata : Crinoidea470 - 458.4 Ma
Middle Ordovician
Actinoceras sp.
genus
6Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Actinoceratidae : Actinoceras470 - 458.4 Ma
Middle Ordovician
Gonioceras sp.
genus
6Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Gonioceratidae : Gonioceras470 - 458.4 Ma
Middle Ordovician
Cassinoceras wortheni
species
7Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Endocerida : Piloceratidae : Cassinoceras : Cassinoceras wortheni470 - 458.4 Ma
Middle Ordovician
Orthoceras sp.
genus
6Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Orthoceratidae : Orthoceras470 - 458.4 Ma
Middle Ordovician
Gastropoda
class
3Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda470 - 458.4 Ma
Middle Ordovician
Maclurites sp.
genus
6Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Maclureadae : Maclurites470 - 458.4 Ma
Middle Ordovician
Liospira sp.
genus
6Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Pleurotomariida : Eotomariidae : Liospira470 - 458.4 Ma
Middle Ordovician
Lophospira sp.
genus
6Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Lophospiridae : Lophospira470 - 458.4 Ma
Middle Ordovician
Archaeoscyphia minganensis
species
7Animalia : Porifera : Demospongea : Lithistida : Anthaspidellidae : Archaeoscyphia : Archaeoscyphia minganensis470 - 458.4 Ma
Middle Ordovician
Calathium sp.
genus
6Chlorophyta : Chlorophyceae : Receptaculitidae : Calathium470 - 458.4 Ma
Middle Ordovician

References

Holtedahl O. (1920) On the Paleozoic series of Bear Island, especially on the Heclahook system, Norsk Geologisk Tidsskrift 5, 121-148
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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