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
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Strophomenata | |
Dyoros (Dyoros) mucronata n. sp.
Dyoros (Dyoros) mucronata n. sp. Shen et al. 2005 | |
Bivalvia | |
Palaeolima nakamurai n. sp.
Palaeolima nakamurai n. sp. Nakazawa 1999 file clam |