Where: Svalbard and Jan Mayen (78.1° N, 13.8° E: paleocoordinates 29.1° N, 10.4° E)

When: Kapp Starostin Formation, Late/Upper Pennsylvanian (307.0 - 298.9 Ma)

• This is an old publication and the stratigraphy for the section has been revised many times since. The stratigraphical age should be considered uncertain until it can be correlated with an up-to-date publication. In Hoel and Orvin (1937) there is a map to show the location of the fossil bed

Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: bulk,

Primary reference: H. Frebold. 1937. Das Festungsprofil auf Spitzbergen IV: Die Brachiopoden- und Lamellibranchiatenfauna und die Stratigraphie des Oberkarbons und Unterperms. In A. Hoel (ed.), Skrifter om Svalbard og Ishavet (69)1-121 [W. Foster/W. Foster]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 211885: authorized by William Foster, entered by William Foster on 29.07.2020

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