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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.

Fossil content

Acanthodians

Jawless fish

Jawless fish reported from the Wood Bay Formation
Genus	Species	Presence	Material	Notes	Images
Doryaspis	D. arctica	Kronprinzhøgda & Sigurdfjellet, Woodfjord area.	Multiple articulated & isolated specimens.	A heterostracan.
	D. nathorsti	Kronprinzhøgda & mounts Borgen & Lykta, all from the Lykta faunal division.	Multiple specimens.	A heterostracan.
Gigantaspis	G. bocki	Kapp Kjeldsen faunal division.	Multiple specimens.	A heterostracan.
	G. isachseni	Kapp Kjeldsen faunal division.	24 specimens.	A heterostracan.
	G. laticephala	A grey sandstone layer in Grønhorgdalen (Kapp Kjeldsen faunal division).	49 specimens.	A heterostracan.
	G. minima	Mount Sigurd & Kronprinshögda.	Numerous dermal plates & scales.	A heterostracan.

Sarcopterygians

See also

• List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Norway

References

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.
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.
4. ^ 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.
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.

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

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