================================================================================ Title: The Early Detection and Follow-up of the Highly Obscured Type II Supernova 2016ija/DLT16am Authors: Tartaglia L., Sand D.J., Valenti S., Wyatt S., Anderson J.P., Arcavi I., Ashall C., Botticella M.T., Cartier R., Chen T.-W., Cikota A., Coulter D., Della Valle M., Foley R.J., Gal-Yam A., Galbany L., Gall C., Haislip J.B., Harmanen J., Hosseinzadeh G., Howell D.A., Hsiao E.Y., Inserra C., Jha S.W., Kankare E., Kilpatrick C.D., Kouprianov V.V., Kuncarayakti H., Maccarone T.J., Maguire K., Mattila S., Mazzali P.A., McCully C., Melandri A., Morrell N., Phillips M.M., Pignata G., Piro A.L., Prentice S., Reichart D.E., Rojas-Bravo C., Smartt S.J., Smith K.W., Sollerman J., Stritzinger M.D., Sullivan M., Taddia F., Young D.R. ================================================================================ Description of contents: Optical and NIR spectra of DLT16am. The 31 files are: SN2016ija_2457715_14417_20161122_FLOYDS_red_sca.fits SN2016ija_2457716_55727_20161123_ALFOSC_Gr4_sca.fits SN2016ija_2457717_31452_20161124_SALT_RSS_PG0300_sca.fits SN2016ija_2457719_73463_20161127_SOFI_GB_GR.fits SN2016ija_2457723_75347_20161201_EFOSC_Gr16_sca.fits SN2016ija_2457735_90757_20161213_FLOYDS_red_sca.fits SN2016ija_2457736_51596_20161213_ALFOSC_Gr4_sca.fits SN2016ija_2457742_73174_20161219_EFOSC_Gr16_sca.fits SN2016ija_2457744_517_20161222_Xshooter_SCI_SLIT_FLUX_MERGE1D_NIR.fits SN2016ija_2457744_517_20161222_Xshooter_SCI_SLIT_FLUX_MERGE1D_UVB.fits SN2016ija_2457744_517_20161222_Xshooter_SCI_SLIT_FLUX_MERGE1D_VIS.fits SN2016ija_2457744_88071_20161222_FLOYDS_red_sca.fits SN2016ija_2457746_56813_20161224_Gemini_IRTF.fits SN2016ija_2457747_84621_20161225_FLOYDS_red_sca.fits SN2016ija_2457749_84191_20161227_FLOYDS_red_sca.fits SN2016ija_2457755_67766_20170102_FIRE.fits SN2016ija_2457756_01850_20170102_FLOYDS_red_sca.fits SN2016ija_2457758_69311_20170104_SOFI_GB_GR.fits SN2016ija_2457758_94453_20170105_FLOYDS_red_sca.fits SN2016ija_2457760_92806_20170107_FLOYDS_red_sca.fits SN2016ija_2457766_81530_20170113_Gemini_IRTF.fits SN2016ija_2457770_38639_20170116_ALFOSC_Gr4_sca.fits SN2016ija_2457771_61970_20170117_EFOSC_Gr16_sca.fits SN2016ija_2457772_62041_20170118_SOFI_GB_GR.fits SN2016ija_2457779_63489_20170125_EFOSC_Gr16_sca.fits SN2016ija_2457789_61866_20170204_EFOSC_Gr16_sca.fits SN2016ija_2457790_59110_20170206_SOFI_GB_GR.fits SN2016ija_2457803_55938_20170219_EFOSC_Gr16_sca.fits SN2016ija_2457809_55384_20170224_EFOSC_Gr16_sca.fits SN2016ija_2457819_57974_20170307_SOFI_GB.fits SN2016ija_2457820_51011_20170307_EFOSC_Gr16_sca.fits The naming format is SN2016ija_JD_Date_Fac_Inst.fits where JD = Julian date of the observation (ddddddd.dddddd), Date = Observing date (YYYYMMDD), Fac = Telescope or Facility identifier, and Inst = Instrument identifier. System requirements: Any FITS capable reader. Additional comments: The spectra have not been corrected for extinction and redshift. A log of the spectral observations is provided in Table 1 of the paper. ================================================================================