Where: Spitsbergen, Greenland (74.4° N, 19.2° E: paleocoordinates 44.9° N, 2.8° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Carnian (237.0 - 228.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithified shale

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: The only known specimen from this site was reported in 1949 by Lowry but not collected. A Norwegian team then rediscovered the specimen in 1984 and collected it for the Palaeontogical Museum in Oslo (PMO), as detailed by Doré and Wandås (1985).

Primary reference: J. Lowry. 1949. A Labyrinthodont from the Trias of Bear Island, Spitsbergen. Nature 163:1002-1002 [B. Gee/B. Gee]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 220868: authorized by Bryan Gee, entered by Bryan Gee on 19.06.2021

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