Also known as Franz Josef Land (Zemlya Frantsa-Iosifa)

Where: Russia, Russian Federation (80.5° N, 48.0° E: paleocoordinates 61.1° N, 6.3° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Carnian to Carnian (237.0 - 208.5 Ma)

• "Vassilevskaja (1972) reports on a similar flora [to Svalbard] of the same age [Carnian-Norian] on Franz-Joseph Land (Zemlya Georga)." (p. 51 of Dobruskina 1994 - see also collection #24875 (Svalbard)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: I. A. Dobruskina. 1994. Triassic Floras of Eurasia. Osterreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften Schriftenreihe der Erdwissenschaftlichen Kommissionen. H. Zapfe (Ed.), Springer-Verlag, New York. 10:1-422 [A. Rees/A. Rees/A. Rees]more details

PaleoDB collection 24876: authorized by Allister Rees, entered by Allister Rees on 21.08.2002

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