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Geologic formation in Svalbard, Norway From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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]
Wood Bay Formation | |
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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 |
Color key
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Notes Uncertain or tentative taxa are in small text; |
Acanthodians reported from the Wood Bay Formation | |||||
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Genus | Species | Presence | Material | Notes | Images |
Undichna | U. septemsulcata | A fish trace fossil.[2] | Likely formed by an acanthodian (possibly Diplacanthus). | ||
Jawless fish reported from the Wood Bay Formation | |||||
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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 reported from the Wood Bay Formation | |||||
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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. | ||
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