Sveltihel, Unit 1, Spitsbergen (Permian of Svalbard and Jan Mayen)

Where: Svalbard and Jan Mayen (78.3° N, 16.6° E)

• Paleocoordinates: 37.0° N, 16.5° E (Wright 2013)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Voringen Member (Kapp Starostin Formation), Kungurian (279.3 - 272.3 Ma)

Environment/lithology: lithified, cherty/siliceous limestone

Size class: macrofossils

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 114081: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 09.08.2011

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Taxonomic list

Rhynchonellata
 Spiriferida - Spiriferellidae
"Spiriferella polaris" = Arcullina polaris
"Spiriferella polaris" = Arcullina polaris Wiman 1914
 Spiriferida - Trigonotretidae
"Neospirifer groenwalli" = Fasciculatia groenwalli
"Neospirifer groenwalli" = Fasciculatia groenwalli Dunbar 1962
 Athyridida - Athyrididae
Strophomenata
 Productida - Echinoconchidae
Waagenoconcha irginae Stuckenberg 1898
 Productida - Productidae
"Horridonia granulifera" = Bruntonia granulifera, "Horridonia timanica" = Sowerbina timanica, "Yakovlevia impressa" = Archboldevia impressa
"Horridonia granulifera" = Bruntonia granulifera Toula 1875
"Horridonia timanica" = Sowerbina timanica Stuckenberg 1875
"Yakovlevia impressa" = Archboldevia impressa Toula 1875
 Productida - Productellidae
"Chaoiella neoinflata" = Retaria neoinflata
"Chaoiella neoinflata" = Retaria neoinflata Licharew 1938