Also known as Reef 301

Where: Svalbard and Jan Mayen (78.7° N, 14.6° E: paleocoordinates 31.6° N, 11.7° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Tyrrellfjellet Member (Wordiekammen Formation), Asselian (298.9 - 295.5 Ma)

• Wordiekammen Formation is also known as Nordenskioldbreen Formation; from the base of the member

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; lithified reef rocks and lithified wackestone

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Collection methods: peel or thin section,

Primary reference: M. Skaug, C. W. Dons, O. Lauritzen and D. Worsley. 1982. Lower Permian palaeoaplysinid bioherms and associated sediments from central Spitsbergen. Polar Research 2:57-75 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 75721: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 25.10.2007

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