Where: Norway (71.2° N, 28.8° E: paleocoordinates 36.6° N, 23.6° E)
• coordinate stated in text
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Scutasporites sp. cf. S. unicus - Lunatisporites sp. Concurrent Range Zone zone, Kazanian to Kazanian (272.5 - 254.1 Ma)
• Similar to the assemblages of the Kapp Starostin Formation on Svalbard (Mangerud and Konieczny 1991, 1993) and those from Trold Fiord Formation in Sverdrup Basin (Utting, 1989) and to those recorded in the Tatarian stratotype in Russia (Koloda et al., 1992)
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: glauconitic, pebbly, gray, cherty/siliceous shale
Size class: microfossils
Preservation: original sporopollenin
Collection methods: core, chemical, mechanical,
• All palynological slides are housed in the type collection of the Paleontological Museum of Oslo.
Primary reference: G. Mangerud. 1994. Palynostratigraphy of the Permian and lowermost Triassic succession, Finnmark Platform, Barents Sea. Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology 82:317-349 [C. Looy/F. Verbruggen/F. Verbruggen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis
PaleoDB collection 31379: authorized by Cindy Looy, entered by Frederike Verbruggen on 09.05.2003
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Maculatasporites | |
Maculatasporites spp. Tiwari 1964 | |
Falcisporites | |