Where: Svalbard and Jan Mayen (77.7° N, 14.7° E: paleocoordinates 35.0° N, 15.2° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Voringen Member (Kapp Starostin Formation), Artinskian (290.1 - 279.3 Ma)

• Neostreptognathodus pequopensis, Sweetognathus whitei. 11.8 m above base of section.

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: offshore; lithified sandstone and lithified mudstone

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: peel or thin section,

Primary reference: H. A. Nakrem. 1994. Bryozoans from the Lower Permian Voringen Member (Kapp Starostin Formation), Spitsbergen, Svalbard. Norsk Polarinstitutt Skrifter 196:1-93 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 90187: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 12.07.2009

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