Where: Svalbard and Jan Mayen (77.6° N, 15.0° E: paleocoordinates 40.9° N, 13.9° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Hovtinden Member (Kapp Starostin Formation), Wuchiapingian (259.9 - 254.2 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified chert

Size classes: mesofossils, microfossils

Collected by Krzysztof Malkowski in 1974-1976

Collection methods: hydroflouric

• Repository: Institute of Paleobiology of the Polish Academy of Sciences, Warszawa (ZPAL)

Primary reference: E. Olempska and J. Blaszyk. 1996. Ostracods from the Permian of Spitsbergen. Polish Polar Research 17:3-20 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 145693: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 08.06.2013

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