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: marine; 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 114080: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 09.08.2011

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