Fossil shells and impressions of shells found in Tryghamma, Svalbard.

[Fluffy_Yutyrannus]

Probably Carboniferous, possibly early Permian. Could these be Brachiopods? Most of them seem to be double loved. Most are squashed so I took close up photos of the best ones.

 

Edited April 12 by Kane

[westcoast]

Yes, there are brachiopods there for sure. Preservation is less than ideal however.

[hemipristis]

I'm more intrigued by the locality than the fossils, tbh

[Ludwigia]

Yes, they are brachiopods, but in order to be able to try to determine the genus at the minimum, you would need to narrow down the stratigraphy to at the least to the nearest stage if not the zone, since many species have similar shapes and forms down through the ages. They may belong to the Order Spirifida, but even that is just guessing in my opinion, since the preservation is not ideal.

[minnbuckeye]

9 hours ago, hemipristis said:

I'm more intrigued by the locality than the fossils, tbh

 

I too was extremely intrigued by the location. I must admit, Google earth was used to locate Svalbard for me. From there I enjoyed a picture tour of the region.  Did you collect these fossils yourself?

 

By the way , welcome to The Fossil Forum!

[hemipristis]

NM

Edited April 13 by hemipristis

[Fluffy_Yutyrannus]

On 4/13/2024 at 1:51 AM, westcoast said:

Yes, there are brachiopods there for sure. Preservation is less than ideal however.

Thanks, and yeah, they're not great. But still cool.

[Fluffy_Yutyrannus]

On 4/13/2024 at 8:32 AM, hemipristis said:

I'm more intrigued by the locality than the fossils, tbh

I didn't take note of the exact location. We were walking constantly and I couldn't stop to get GPS coordinates. The Tryghamna fjord has mostly Carboniferous rocks on the east side where I was. There are some Permian rocks but we weren't there for a long time. It's a cool place and I found some trace fossils too.

 

On 4/13/2024 at 1:27 PM, minnbuckeye said:

 

I too was extremely intrigued by the location. I must admit, Google earth was used to locate Svalbard for me. From there I enjoyed a picture tour of the region.  Did you collect these fossils yourself?

 

By the way , welcome to The Fossil Forum!

I did get It myself yes.

 

Thanks! Happy to join.

[Fluffy_Yutyrannus]

On 4/13/2024 at 10:50 AM, Ludwigia said:

Yes, they are brachiopods, but in order to be able to try to determine the genus at the minimum, you would need to narrow down the stratigraphy to at the least to the nearest stage if not the zone, since many species have similar shapes and forms down through the ages. They may belong to the Order Spirifida, but even that is just guessing in my opinion, since the preservation is not ideal.

I'll try to get it narrowed down to a stage, but I'm not sure. Thanks.