Where: Spitzberger, Norway (78.0° N, 20.0° E: paleocoordinates 41.8° N, 9.8° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

When: Vendomdalen Member (Vikinghøgda Formation), Olenekian (251.2 - 247.2 Ma)

• Grippia niveau bonebed

•also Spathian

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; ironstone

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: C. Wiman. 1929. Eine neue Reptilien-Ordnung aus der Trias Spitzbergens. Bulletin of the Geological Institutions of the University of Upsala 22:183-196 [J. Hunter/M. Hall/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 34401: authorized by John Hunter, entered by Meg Hall on 29.08.2003

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