Where: Svalbard and Jan Mayen (77.6° N, 15.0° E: paleocoordinates 40.9° N, 13.9° 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 Ahlstrandodden, the formation is about 250 m thick. It is divided into eights units, 1 to 8..

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression

Collection methods: 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 51677: authorized by Tom Olszewski, entered by Leigh Fall on 09.06.2005, edited by Matthew Clapham

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