Where: Antarctica (77.4° S, 86.2° W: paleocoordinates 78.8° S, 79.7° W)

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Polestar Formation, Capitanian to Capitanian (264.3 - 252.2 Ma)

• Correlated with Ohio range

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithified sandstone

Size class: mesofossils

Preservation: mold/impression

Collected by P. Tasch in 1966-1967

Primary reference: P. Tasch and E. F. Riek. 1969. Permian Insect Wing from Antarctic Sentinel Mountains. Science 164(3887):1529-1530 [M. Clapham/J. Karr]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 111541: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Jered Karr on 25.06.2011

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