Wood Bay Formation

Wood Bay Formation
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

Color key

Taxon	Reclassified taxon	Taxon falsely reported as present	Dubious taxon or junior synonym	Ichnotaxon	Ootaxon	Morphotaxon

Notes
Uncertain or tentative taxa are in small text; ~~crossed out~~ taxa are discredited.

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.
Doryaspis	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.

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. S2CID 55307211.
^ Wisshak, Max; Volohonsky, Eden; Blomeier, Dierk (2004). "Acanthodian fish trace fossils from the Early Devonian of Spitsbergen". Acta Palaeontologica Polonica. 49 (4): 629–634.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d 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:TGDWHF]2.0.CO;2. ISSN 0272-4634. JSTOR 4524274. S2CID 85679071.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h Pernegre, Vincent; Goujet, Daniel (March 2007). "The Genus Gigantaspis Heintz, 1962 (Vertebrata, Heterostraci) from the Lower Devonian of Spitsbergen". Palaeontology. 50 (2): 323–346. Bibcode:2007Palgy..50..323P. doi:10.1111/j.1475-4983.2007.00638.x. ISSN 0031-0239. S2CID 84066151.
^ ^a ^b Clément, Gaël; Dupret, Vincent; Goujet, Daniel; Pernègre, Vincent; Roy, Jean-Claude (2006-10-01). "First Devonian dipnoans (Vertebrata, Sarcopterygii) from Spitsbergen". Comptes Rendus Palevol. 5 (7): 893–900. Bibcode:2006CRPal...5..893C. doi:10.1016/j.crpv.2006.05.003. ISSN 1631-0683.
^ 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". Spanish Journal of Palaeontology. doi:10.7203/sjp.26647. ISSN 2660-9568. S2CID 258855502.

Various Contributors to the Paleobiology Database. "Fossilworks: Gateway to the Paleobiology Database". Retrieved 8 July 2014.

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[Pernègre_&_Blieck_2016-1] 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. S2CID 55307211.

[2] Wisshak, Max; Volohonsky, Eden; Blomeier, Dierk (2004). "Acanthodian fish trace fossils from the Early Devonian of Spitsbergen". Acta Palaeontologica Polonica. 49 (4): 629–634.

[:0-3] 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:TGDWHF]2.0.CO;2. ISSN 0272-4634. JSTOR 4524274. S2CID 85679071.

[:2-4] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h Pernegre, Vincent; Goujet, Daniel (March 2007). "The Genus Gigantaspis Heintz, 1962 (Vertebrata, Heterostraci) from the Lower Devonian of Spitsbergen". Palaeontology. 50 (2): 323–346. Bibcode:2007Palgy..50..323P. doi:10.1111/j.1475-4983.2007.00638.x. ISSN 0031-0239. S2CID 84066151.

[:1-5] Clément, Gaël; Dupret, Vincent; Goujet, Daniel; Pernègre, Vincent; Roy, Jean-Claude (2006-10-01). "First Devonian dipnoans (Vertebrata, Sarcopterygii) from Spitsbergen". Comptes Rendus Palevol. 5 (7): 893–900. Bibcode:2006CRPal...5..893C. doi:10.1016/j.crpv.2006.05.003. ISSN 1631-0683.

[6] 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". Spanish Journal of Palaeontology. doi:10.7203/sjp.26647. ISSN 2660-9568. S2CID 258855502.

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Fossil content

Acanthodians

Jawless fish

Sarcopterygians

See also

References