Solenopora Comm., Steinsfjorden Fm., Holmestrand District (Silurian of Norway)

Where: Norway (68.8° N, 15.0° E: paleocoordinates 10.5° S, 9.5° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Steinsfjorden Formation, Homerian (430.5 - 427.4 Ma)

• Type locality is uppermost part of formation. Others are middle part of fm.

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; grainstone

• "...closely related to Catenipora Comm. ... stable, firm, bottom ... well-structured tiering and diverse niches ... [this comm. at ] slightly lower energy levels ... distal subtidal platform, BA 2 to 3."
• "...community found in carbonate sand."

Collection methods: Table 22.16 gives abundance data and forms basis for this list.

Primary reference: B. G. Baarli, H. B. Keilen, and M. E. Johnson. 1999. Silurian communities of the Oslo Region, Norway. In A. J. Boucot and J. D. Lawson (eds.), Paleocommunities--a case study from the Silurian and Lower Devonian 327-349 [M. Foote/M. Foote/P. Wagner]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 14316: authorized by Michael Foote, entered by Michael Foote on 30.05.2002

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• Some taxa are not listed to the genus level.
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Anthozoa
 Rugosa -
Rugosa indet.
Rugosa indet. horn coral
solitary
Crinoidea
 Cyathocrinida - Crotalocrinitidae
Crotalocrinites sp.
Crotalocrinites sp. Austin 1842 Sea lily
listed as Crotalocrinus
Stenolaemata
 Cryptostomata - Fenestellidae
Fenestella sp.
Fenestella sp. Lonsdale 1839
Rhynchonellata
 Athyridida - Athyrididae
cf. Glassina sp., cf. Glassina laeviuscula
cf. Glassina sp. Hall and Clarke 1893
 Rhynchonellida -
Rhynchonellida indet.
Rhynchonellida indet. Kuhn 1949
rhynchonellid sp. A
 Rhynchonellida - Trigonirhynchiidae
Microsphaeridiorhynchus ? nucula, Rhynchotreta cuneata
Rhynchotreta cuneata Dalman 1828
 Rhynchonellida - Rhynchotrematidae
"Ferganella diodonta" = Stegerhynchus diodontus
"Ferganella diodonta" = Stegerhynchus diodontus Dalman 1828
Cephalopoda
 Orthocerida - Orthoceratidae
Orthoceratidae indet.
Ostracoda
 Palaeocopida - Beyrichiidae
"Neobeyrichia sp." = Beyrichia
"Neobeyrichia sp." = Beyrichia M'Coy 1846 ostracod
Rhodophyceae
  - Solenoporaceae
Solenopora sp.
Solenopora sp. Dybowski 1877