The Svanbergfjellet Formation is a geologic formation in Svalbard. It preserves eukaryotic fossils dating back to the Late Tonian period, around 790 Ma.
Paleobiota After Butterfield et al, 1994.
PaleobiotaGenusSpeciesNotesImagesProterocladusP. major P. minor P. hermannaeFilamentous green algae, another species is the earliest such fossil foundPalaeastrumP. dyptocranumFilamentous eukaryote, possibly a green alga.PseudotawuiaP. bireniferaEnigmatic eukaryote, bears two unusual kidney-shaped structures at its tip.TawuiaT. dalensisEnigmatic eukaryote, possibly an alga.ValkyriaV. borealisFilamentous eukaryote, bears several differentiated cells/cell types, possibly placing it at tissue-grade organisation?CerebrosphaeraC. buickiiAcritarchChuariaC. spAcritarchCymatiosphaeroidesC. kullingiiAcritarchDictyotidiumD. fullereneAcritarchGerminosphaeraG. bispinosa G. fibrilla G. jankauskasiiAcritarchGoniosphaeridiumG. spAcritarchGorgonisphaeridiumG. spAcritarchLeiosphaeridiaL. crassa L. jacutica L. tenuissima L. wimaniiAcritarchOsculosphaeraO. hyalinaAcritarchPterospermopsimorphaP. pileiformisAcritarchTrachyhystrichosphaeraT. aimika T. polarisAcritarchGloeodiniopsisG. lamellosaCyanobacteriaEoentophysalisE. belcherensis E. croxfordiiCyanobacteriaPolybessurusP. bipartitiusCyanobacteriaObruchevellaO. blanditaCyanobacteriaEosynechococcusE. mooreiCyanobacteriaSphaerophycusS. parvumCyanobacteriaCephalonyxC. geminatusCyanobacteriaCyanonemaC. spCyanobacteriaOscillatoriopsisO. vermiformis O. obtusa O. amadeus O. longaCyanobacteriaPalaeolyngbyaP. catenata P. hebeiensisCyanobacteriaSiphonophycusS. thulenema S. septatum S. robustum S. typicum S. kestron S. solidumCyanobacteriaTortunemaT. wernadskiiCyanobacteriaBrachypleganonB. khandanumCyanobacteriaChlorogloeaopsisC. zairensisCyanobacteriaDigitusD. adumbratusCyanobacteriaMyxococcoidesM. minor M. cantabrigiensisCyanobacteriaOstianaO. microcystisCyanobacteriaPalaeosiphonellaP. spCyanobacteria
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