Platypelt Limestone in Upper Alum Shale, Oslo region, Norway ( of Norway)

Where: Norway (60.0° N, 11.0° E: paleocoordinates 37.6° S, 15.0° W)

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Alum Shale Formation, Tremadoc (486.5 - 477.7 Ma)

• Upper Tremadoc

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: basinal (); lithified, black shale and limestone

• Black shale interbedded with dark limestone

Primary reference: A. W. Owen, D. L. Bruton, J. F. Bockelie and T. G. Vockelie. 1990. The Ordovician successions of the Oslo region, Norway. Norges Geologiske Undersolelse Special Publication (4)1-54 [A. Miller/P. Novack-Gottshall/A. Clement]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 3106: authorized by Arnold Miller, entered by Phil Novack-Gottshall on 25.07.1999

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Taxonomic list

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Pterobranchia
 Graptoloidea - Anisograptidae
Kiaerograptus sp., Bryograptus sp., Triograptus sp.
Bryograptus sp. graptolite
Triograptus sp. graptolite
Trilobita
 Olenida - Olenidae
Peltocare sp., Hypermecaspis sp., Parabolinella sp.
Peltocare sp. Henningsmoen 1957 trilobite
Hypermecaspis sp. Harrington and Leanza 1957 trilobite
Parabolinella sp. Brögger 1882 trilobite
 Olenida - Eulomidae
Euloma sp.
Euloma sp. Angelin 1854 trilobite
 Asaphida - Remopleurididae
Apatokephalus sp.
Apatokephalus sp. Brögger 1896 trilobite
 Asaphida - Asaphidae
Asaphellus sp.
Asaphellus sp. Callaway 1877 trilobite
 Asaphida - Ceratopygidae
Ceratopyge sp.
Ceratopyge sp. Hawle and Corda 1847 trilobite
 Asaphida - Nileidae
Platypeltoides sp.
Platypeltoides sp. Pribyl 1949 trilobite
 Trinucleida - Alsataspididae
Orometopus sp.
Orometopus sp. Broegger 1898 trilobite
 Ptychopariida - Shumardiidae
Shumardia sp.
Shumardia sp. Billings 1862 trilobite
Lingulata
 Lingulida - Acrothelidae
Orbithele sp.
Orbithele sp. Sdzuy 1955
 Lingulida - Elkaniidae
Broeggeria sp.
Broeggeria sp. Walcott 1902
 Acrotretida - Acrotretidae
Conotreta sp.
Conotreta sp. Walcott 1889