Where: Namibia (24.5° S, 17.9° E: paleocoordinates 57.7° S, 38.3° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Dwyka Formation, Sakmarian (293.5 - 290.1 Ma)

• Most likely Sakmarian but possible early Artinskian. A few tens of meters above the base of the Dwyka beds.

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified, fine-grained, pebbly sandstone

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: surface (float), surface (in situ), peel or thin section,

• Bryozoans identified by thin sections.

Primary reference: J. M. Dickins. 1961. Eurydesma and Peruvispira from the Dwyka Beds of South Africa. Palaeontology 4(1):138-148 [D. Bottjer/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 41322: authorized by David Bottjer, entered by Matthew Clapham on 12.07.2004

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