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Kirtonryggen - Bassisletta, Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway

FormationKirtonryggen
MemberBassisletta
Age:485 - 472 Ma
Paleozoic
IntervalTulean
Lithologylimestone
Number of Collections4
Number of Occurrences15

Recorded Sample Locations

LocationRegionStratigraphic Name
H collectionSpitsbergen, Svalbard, NorwayKirtonryggen - Bassisletta
Bassisletta Spitsbergen, Svalbard, NorwayKirtonryggen - Bassisletta

Associated Units

Stratigraphic NameAgeLithologyOccurrence Records
Kirtonryggen - Nordporten478 - 466 Ma
Ordovician
limestone65
Kirtonryggen - Spora485 - 479 Ma
Paleozoic
limestone7
Valhallfonna - Olenidsletta467 - 458 Ma
Ordovician
limestone/"shale", lime mudstone/grainstone, "limestone"233
Valhallfonna - Profilbekken466 - 458 Ma
Ordovician
limestone, "limestone"/breccia, "limestone"/"reef rocks"195

Recorded Fossils

Accepted NameHierarchyAge
Bathyurellus diclementsae
species
7Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Proetida : Bathyuridae : Bathyurellus : Bathyurellus diclementsae485.4 - 471.8 Ma
Paleozoic
Bolbocephalus gunnari
species
7Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Proetida : Bathyuridae : Bolbocephalus : Bolbocephalus gunnari485.4 - 471.8 Ma
Paleozoic
Ceratopeltis sp.
genus
6Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Proetida : Bathyuridae : Ceratopeltis485.4 - 471.8 Ma
Paleozoic
Chapmanopyge sp.
genus
6Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Proetida : Bathyuridae : Chapmanopyge485.4 - 471.8 Ma
Paleozoic
Chapmanopyge amplimarginiata
species
7Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Proetida : Bathyuridae : Chapmanopyge : Chapmanopyge amplimarginiata485.4 - 471.8 Ma
Paleozoic
Chapmanopyge sanddoelaensis
species
7Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Proetida : Bathyuridae : Chapmanopyge : Chapmanopyge sanddoelaensis485.4 - 471.8 Ma
Paleozoic
Jeffersonia viator
species
7Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Proetida : Bathyuridae : Jeffersonia : Jeffersonia viator485.4 - 471.8 Ma
Paleozoic
Licnocephala sp.
genus
6Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Proetida : Bathyuridae : Licnocephala485.4 - 471.8 Ma
Paleozoic
Peltabellia glabra
species
7Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Proetida : Bathyuridae : Peltabellia : Peltabellia glabra485.4 - 471.8 Ma
Paleozoic
Petigurus groenlandicus
species
7Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Proetida : Bathyuridae : Petigurus : Petigurus groenlandicus485.4 - 471.8 Ma
Paleozoic
Punka latissima
species
7Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Proetida : Bathyuridae : Punka : Punka latissima485.4 - 471.8 Ma
Paleozoic
Uromystrum affine
species
7Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Proetida : Bathyuridae : Uromystrum : Uromystrum affine485.4 - 471.8 Ma
Paleozoic
Phaseolops bobowensi
species
7Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Proetida : Proetidae : Phaseolops : Phaseolops bobowensi485.4 - 471.8 Ma
Paleozoic
Carolinites sp.
genus
6Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Ptychopariida : Komaspididae : Carolinites485.4 - 471.8 Ma
Paleozoic
Schizotreta sp.
genus
6Animalia : Brachiopoda : Lingulata : Lingulida : Discinidae : Schizotreta485.4 - 471.8 Ma
Paleozoic

References

Hansen J., Holmer L. E. (2011) Taxonomy and biostratigraphy of Ordovician brachiopods from northeastern Ny Friesland, Spitsbergen, Zootaxa 3076, 1-122
Fortey R. A., Bruton D. L. (2013) Lower Ordovician trilobites of the Kirtonryggen Formation, Spitsbergen, Fossils and Strata 59, 1-116
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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