Where: Svalbard and Jan Mayen (78.1° N, 13.8° E: paleocoordinates 41.9° N, 12.8° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Hovtinden Member (Kapp Starostin Formation), Wuchiapingian (259.9 - 254.2 Ma)
Environment/lithology: lithified limestone
Size class: macrofossils
Collected by Norsk Polarinstitutt, Hokkaido Univ in 1984
Primary reference: K. Nakamura, G. Kimura, and T. S. Winsnes. 1987. Brachiopod zonation and age of the Permian Kapp Starostin Formation (central Spitsbergen). Polar Research 5:207-219 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 114078: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 09.08.2011
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Strophomenata | |
"Megousia weyprechti" = Kuvelousia weyprechti
"Megousia weyprechti" = Kuvelousia weyprechti Toula 1873 | |
Waagenoconcha payeri Toula 1873 | |
Rhynchonellata | |
"Neospirifer striatoparadoxus" = Fasciculatia striatoparadoxa
"Neospirifer striatoparadoxus" = Fasciculatia striatoparadoxa Toula 1873 |