Earth:Wood Bay Formation
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| Wood Bay Formation Stratigraphic range: Pragian–Emsian | |
|---|---|
| Type | Formation |
| Unit of | Andrée Land Group |
| Underlies | Grey Hoek Formation |
| Overlies | Ben Nevis Formation |
| Location | |
| Region | Spitsbergen, Svalbard |
| Country |  Norway |
The Wood Bay Series is a geologic formation found on the island of Spitsbergen, Svalbard in Norway . It preserves fossils dating back to the Pragian–Emsian stages of the Devonian period.[1]
Fossil content
Acanthodians
| Acanthodians reported from the Wood Bay Formation | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Genus | Species | Presence | Material | Notes | Images |
| Undichna | U. septemsulcata | A fish trace fossil.[2] | Likely formed by an acanthodian (possibly Diplacanthus). | ||
Jawless fish
| Jawless fish reported from the Wood Bay Formation | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Genus | Species | Presence | Material | Notes | Images |
| Doryaspis | D. arctica | Kronprinzhøgda & Sigurdfjellet, Woodfjord area.[3] | Multiple articulated & isolated specimens.[3] | A heterostracan. |  |
| D. nathorsti | Kronprinzhøgda & mounts Borgen & Lykta, all from the Lykta faunal division.[3] | Multiple specimens.[3] | A heterostracan. |  | |
| Gigantaspis | G. bocki | Kapp Kjeldsen faunal division.[4] | Multiple specimens.[4] | A heterostracan. | |
| G. isachseni | Kapp Kjeldsen faunal division.[4] | 24 specimens.[4] | A heterostracan. | ||
| G. laticephala | A grey sandstone layer in Grønhorgdalen (Kapp Kjeldsen faunal division).[4] | 49 specimens.[4] | A heterostracan. | ||
| G. minima | Mount Sigurd & Kronprinshögda.[4] | Numerous dermal plates & scales.[4] | A heterostracan. | ||
Sarcopterygians
| Sarcopterygians reported from the Wood Bay Formation | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Genus | Species | Presence | Material | Notes | Images |
| Dipnoi gen. et. sp. indet. | Indeterminate | Southern Andrée Land.[5] | Dermal elements.[5] | One of the earliest lungfish occurrences. | |
| Janvierpaucidentes | J. tuulingi | Lower jaw.[6] | A lungfish. | ||
See also
References
- ↑ Pernègre, V.N.; Blieck, A. (2016). "A revised heterostracan-based ichthyostratigraphy of the Wood Bay Formation (Lower Devonian, Spitsbergen), and correlation with Russian Arctic archipelagos". Geodiversitas 38 (1): 5–20. doi:10.5252/g2016n1a1. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/299477690.
- ↑ Wisshak, Max; Volohonsky, Eden; Blomeier, Dierk (2004). "Acanthodian fish trace fossils from the Early Devonian of Spitsbergen". Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 49 (4): 629–634. https://www.app.pan.pl/article/item/app49-629.html.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Pernegre, Vincent Noel (2003). "The Genus Doryaspis White (Heterostraci) from the Lower Devonian of Vestspitsbergen, Svalbard". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 22 (4): 735–746. doi:10.1671/0272-4634(2002)022[0735:TGDWHF2.0.CO;2]. ISSN 0272-4634. https://www.jstor.org/stable/4524274.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 4.6 4.7 Pernegre, Vincent; Goujet, Daniel (March 2007). "The Genus Gigantaspis Heintz, 1962 (Vertebrata, Heterostraci) from the Lower Devonian of Spitsbergen" (in en). Palaeontology 50 (2): 323–346. doi:10.1111/j.1475-4983.2007.00638.x. ISSN 0031-0239. Bibcode: 2007Palgy..50..323P. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/213773845.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Clément, Gaël; Dupret, Vincent; Goujet, Daniel; Pernègre, Vincent; Roy, Jean-Claude (2006-10-01). "First Devonian dipnoans (Vertebrata, Sarcopterygii) from Spitsbergen" (in en). Comptes Rendus Palevol 5 (7): 893–900. doi:10.1016/j.crpv.2006.05.003. ISSN 1631-0683. Bibcode: 2006CRPal...5..893C. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1631068306000704.
- ↑ Johanson, Johanson; Newman, Michael; Lazaro, Gizeh Rangel-De; Smith, Moya M.; Jones, Roger (2023-05-22). "A new dipnoan species Janvierpaucidentes tuulingi gen. et sp. nov. from the Pragian (Early Devonian) of Mimerdalen, Svalbard (Norway), with an unusual dentition" (in en). Spanish Journal of Palaeontology. doi:10.7203/sjp.26647. ISSN 2660-9568. https://ojs.uv.es/index.php/sjpalaeontology/article/view/26647.
- ((Various Contributors to the Paleobiology Database)). "Fossilworks: Gateway to the Paleobiology Database". http://www.fossilworks.org/cgi-bin/bridge.pl?action=home. Retrieved 8 July 2014.
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