Where: Norway (71.2° N, 28.8° E: paleocoordinates 37.7° N, 19.2° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Lundbladispora obsoleta - Tympanicysta stoschiana Assemblage Zone zone, Griesbachian (251.9 - 250.5 Ma)

• Similarities with Vardebukta Formation in Svalbard (Hochuli et al., 1989; Mangerud and Konieczny, 1993), with the lower Bjorne and Blind Fiord Formations in the Sverdrup Basin (Fisher, 1979; Utting, 1985, 1989, pers. comm., 1993), with the Wordie Creek Formation in East Greenland (Balme, 1980) and with the Toad/Grayling Formation in western Canada (Jansonius, 1962).

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine

Size class: microfossils

Preservation: original sporopollenin

Collection methods: core, chemical, mechanical,

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•All palynological slides are housed in the type collection of the Paleontological Museum of Oslo.

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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 31400: authorized by Cindy Looy, entered by Frederike Verbruggen on 12.05.2003

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