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Gipsdalen - Wordiekammen - Tyrrellfjellet, Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway

Group	Gipsdalen
Formation	Wordiekammen
Member	Tyrrellfjellet
Age:	296 - 290 Ma Permian
Interval	Asselian
Lithology	reef rocks/wackestone, wackestone, wackestone/packstone
Number of Collections	4
Number of Occurrences	32

Recorded Sample Locations

Location	Region	Stratigraphic Name
Kolloseum	Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway	Gipsdalen - Wordiekammen - Tyrrellfjellet
Gipsdalen	Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway	Gipsdalen - Wordiekammen - Tyrrellfjellet
Gipshuken	Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway	Gipsdalen - Wordiekammen - Tyrrellfjellet

Associated Units

Stratigraphic Name	Age	Lithology	Occurrence Records
Gipsdalen - Wordiekammen - Cadellfjellet	307 - 299 Ma Carboniferous	wackestone/packstone	4
Gipsdalen - Wordiekammen - Kapitol	307 - 299 Ma Carboniferous	limestone/dolomite, packstone/grainstone, grainstone/packstone	27

Recorded Fossils

Accepted Name	Type	Hierarchy	Age
Brachiopoda phylum	2	Animalia : Brachiopoda	298.9 - 295.5 Ma Paleozoic
Septacamera sp. genus	6	Animalia : Brachiopoda : Rhynchonellata : Rhynchonellida : Tetracameridae : *Septacamera*	298.9 - 295.5 Ma Paleozoic
Bryozoa phylum	2	Animalia : Bryozoa	298.9 - 295.5 Ma Paleozoic
Bothrophyllum sp. genus	6	Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Bothrophyllidae : *Bothrophyllum*	298.9 - 295.5 Ma Paleozoic
Bothrophyllum baeri species	7	Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Bothrophyllidae : Bothrophyllum : *Bothrophyllum baeri*	295.5 - 290.1 Ma Permian
Caninophyllum sp. genus	6	Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Bothrophyllidae : *Caninophyllum*	298.9 - 295.5 Ma Paleozoic
Gshelia sp. genus	6	Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Bothrophyllidae : *Gshelia*	295.5 - 290.1 Ma Permian
Gshelia rouilleri species	7	Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Bothrophyllidae : Gshelia : *Gshelia rouilleri*	298.9 - 295.5 Ma Paleozoic
Pseudotimania sp. genus	6	Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Bothrophyllidae : *Pseudotimania*	295.5 - 290.1 Ma Permian
Siedleckia sp. genus	6	Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Bothrophyllidae : *Siedleckia*	295.5 - 290.1 Ma Permian
Timania sp. genus	6	Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Bothrophyllidae : *Timania*	295.5 - 290.1 Ma Permian
Amygdalophylloides sp. genus	6	Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Geyerophyllidae : *Amygdalophylloides*	298.9 - 295.5 Ma Paleozoic
Carinthiaphyllum sp. genus	6	Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Geyerophyllidae : *Carinthiaphyllum*	298.9 - 295.5 Ma Paleozoic
Heintzella spitsbergensis species	7	Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Stauriida : Kleopatrinidae : Heintzella : *Heintzella spitsbergensis*	298.9 - 295.5 Ma Paleozoic
Kleopatrina magnifica species	7	Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Stauriida : Kleopatrinidae : Kleopatrina : *Kleopatrina magnifica*	295.5 - 290.1 Ma Permian
Protowentzelella dubiosa species	7	Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Stauriida : Kleopatrinidae : Protowentzelella : *Protowentzelella dubiosa*	295.5 - 290.1 Ma Permian
Stylastraea sp. genus	6	Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Lithostrotionidae : *Stylastraea*	295.5 - 290.1 Ma Permian
Echinodermata phylum	2	Animalia : Echinodermata	298.9 - 295.5 Ma Paleozoic
Crinoidea class	3	Animalia : Echinodermata : Crinoidea	298.9 - 295.5 Ma Paleozoic
Bivalvia class	3	Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia	298.9 - 295.5 Ma Paleozoic
Gastropoda class	3	Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda	298.9 - 295.5 Ma Paleozoic
Foraminifera phylum	2	Foraminifera	298.9 - 295.5 Ma Paleozoic
Palaeoaplysina sp. genus	6	Plantae : Rhodophyta : Rhodophyceae : Archaeolithophyllales : Palaoaplysinaceae : *Palaeoaplysina*	298.9 - 295.5 Ma Paleozoic

References

Skaug M., Dons C. W., et al (1982) Lower Permian palaeoaplysinid bioherms and associated sediments from central Spitsbergen, Polar Research 2, 57-75

Somerville I. D. (1997) Biostratigraphy and biofacies of Upper Carboniferous-Lower Permian rugose coral assemblages from the Isfjorden area, central Spitsbergen, Boletin de la Real Sociedad Espanola de Historia Natural, Seccion Geologica 92, 365-380

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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