Where: Svalbard and Jan Mayen (78.3° N, 16.7° E: paleocoordinates 41.7° N, 10.7° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Hindeodus parvus conodont zone, Deltadalen Member (Vikinghøgda Formation), Griesbachian (251.9 - 250.5 Ma)

• 11.9 m above the base of the Deltadalen Member

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified, concretionary siltstone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: replaced with silica

Collected by W.J. Foster, R.J. Twitchett; reposited in the BMNH

Collection methods: chemical

Primary reference: W. J. Foster, S. Danise, and R. J. Twitchett. 2017. A silicified Early Triassic marine assemblage from Svalbard. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 15:851-877 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 182611: authorized by Pete Wagner, entered by Pete Wagner on 10.11.2016

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