Wood Bay Formation
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 Stratigraphic range: Pragian–Emsian | |
|---|---|
| Type | Formation |
| Unit of | Andrée Land Group |
| Underlies | Grey Hoek Formation |
| Overlies | Ben Nevis Formation |
| Location | |
| Region | Spitsbergen, Svalbard |
| Country |  |
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.
- Various Contributors to the Paleobiology Database. "Fossilworks: Gateway to the Paleobiology Database". Retrieved 8 July 2014.
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