Where: Svalbard and Jan Mayen (78.3° N, 16.4° E: paleocoordinates 41.7° N, 8.7° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• hand sample-level geographic resolution

When: tardus zone, Lusitaniadalan Member (Vikinghogda Formation), Smithian (251.3 - 247.2 Ma)

• Formally Sticky Keep Formation

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: offshore ramp; silty limestone and shale

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by Weitschat

Collection methods: bulk, mechanical,

Primary reference: W. Weitschat and U. Lehmann. 1978. Biostratigraphy of the uppermost part of the Smithian Stage (Lower Triassic) at the Botneheia, W-Spitsbergen. Mitt. Geol. Palaont. Inst. Univ. Hamburg 48:85-100 [W. Foster/W. Foster]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 212262: authorized by William Foster, entered by William Foster on 08.08.2020

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