Bellsund, Spitsbergen (Permian of Svalbard and Jan Mayen)

Where: Svalbard and Jan Mayen (77.8° N, 14.7° E: paleocoordinates 35.0° N, 15.1° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

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

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: peel or thin section,

Primary reference: J. Malecki. 1977. Permian bryozoans from southern Spitsbergen and Bjornoya (Svalbard). Studia Geologica Polonica 51:75-88 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 94997: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 02.04.2010

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Taxonomic list

Stenolaemata
 Trepostomida - Stenoporidae
Tabulipora greenlandensis Ross and Ross 1962
Stenopora jungersenensis Ross and Ross 1962
Stenopora dickinsi Phillips Ross 1963