Where: Svalbard and Jan Mayen (78.1° N, 13.8° E: paleocoordinates 41.2° N, 13.2° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Hovtinden Member (Kapp Starostin Formation), Wuchiapingian (259.9 - 254.2 Ma)

• At the type locality, Festningen, the formation is divided into three members, the Voringen, Svenskeegga, and Hovtinden Members. At Festningen, the formation is 385 m in thickness and divided into twelve units.

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified shale

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression

Collected by Norsk Polarinstitutt, Hokkaido Univ in 1989-1991

• All materials are kept at the Department of Geology and Mineralogy, Faculty of Science, Kyoto University.

Primary reference: K. Nakazawa. 1999. Permian bivalves from West Spitsbergen, Svalbard Islands, Norway. Paleontological Research 3(1):1-17 [T. Olszewski/L. Fall/L. Fall]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 51652: authorized by Tom Olszewski, entered by Leigh Fall on 09.06.2005, edited by Matthew Clapham

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