Where: Svalbard and Jan Mayen (78.5° N, 15.9° E: paleocoordinates 38.4° N, 16.1° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

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

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by English, Norwegian, Swedish expedition in 1939; reposited in the BMNH

• Joint English, Norwegian, and Swedish expedition consisting of three scientists from each country (four from the UK).

Primary reference: L. Angiolini and S. L. Long. 2008. The ENS collection: a systematic study of brachiopods from the Lower Permian Vøringen Member, Kapp Starostin Formation, Spitsbergen. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria 120(1):75-103 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 120921: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 23.11.2011

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