Vestfossen, 2dε zone (Cambrian of Norway)

Where: Eiker, Norway (59.7° N, 9.9° E)

• Paleocoordinates: 16.0° S, 90.4° W (Wright 2013)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Peltura costata costata trilobite zone, Alum Shale Formation, Furongian (497.0 - 486.9 Ma)

• "2dε, Zone of Peltura costata costata", in Henningsmoen 1958

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: shale and limestone

• "a sequence of black bituminous shales (alum shales) with

•concretions and an occasional layer of black bituminous limestone

•(stinkstone)."

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Collection methods: core

Primary reference: G. Henningsmoen. 1958. The Upper Cambrian faunas of Norway with descriptions of non-olenid invertebrate fossils. Norsk Geologisk Tidsskrift 38:180-194 [B. Kröger/B. Kröger/P. Wagner]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 194126: authorized by Björn Kröger, entered by Björn Kröger on 14.06.2018

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Taxonomic list

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Artiopoda
 Olenida - Olenidae
Peltura costata, "Parabolina heres" = Parabolina (Parabolina) heres
Peltura costata trilobite
"Parabolina heres" = Parabolina (Parabolina) heres Brøgger 1882 trilobite
Rhynchonellata
 Orthida - Eoorthidae
Eoorthis sp.
Eoorthis sp. Walcott 1908