Where: Svalbard and Jan Mayen (77.2° N, 16.1° E: paleocoordinates 37.3° N, 16.9° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Kapp Starostin Formation, Kungurian (279.3 - 272.3 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified siliciclastic sediments

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression

Collected by G. Biernat, K. Birkenmajer in 1974

• Repository: Institute of Paleobiology of the Polish Academy of Sciences, Warszawa (ZPAL)

Primary reference: L. Karczewski. 1982. Some gastropods and bivalves from the Treskelodden and Kapp Starostin Formations, Hornsund region, Spitsbergen. Palaeontologica Polonica 43:97-105 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 145695: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 08.06.2013

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