ammonites
Festningen, Unit 8, Spitsbergen (1989-91 coll) (Permian of Svalbard and Jan Mayen)

Where: Svalbard and Jan Mayen (78.1° N, 13.8° E: paleocoordinates 41.9° N, 13.4° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Hovtinden Member (Kapp Starostin Formation), Wuchiapingian (259.0 - 254.0 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified limestone

• lithology in stratigraphic column shown as limestone, species stated in systematic description to occur in either an arenaceous or siliceous limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression

Collected by Norsk Polarinstitutt, Hokkaido Univ in 1989-1991

• All materials are kept at the Department of Geology and Mineralogy, Faculty of Science, Kyoto University.

Primary reference: K. Nakazawa. 1999. Permian bivalves from West Spitsbergen, Svalbard Islands, Norway. Paleontological Research 3(1):1-17 [T. Olszewski/L. Fall/L. Fall] more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 51643: authorized by Tom Olszewski, entered by Leigh Fall on 09.06.2005