Hovedøya, Oslofjord (Ordovician of Norway)

Also known as Hovedøen, and SP 14 in Brenchley and Cocks, 1982

Where: Oslo, Norway (59.9° N, 10.7° E: paleocoordinates 28.1° S, 8.9° W)

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Normalograptus extraordinarius graptolite zone, Langøyene Formation, Porkuni (445.6 - 443.7 Ma)

• 5b on the old Norwegian scale.

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: E. L. Yochelson. 1977. Monoplacophora (Mollusca) from the Upper Ordovician of Norway. Norsk Geologisk Tidsskrift 47(4):297-312 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 157129: authorized by Pete Wagner, entered by Pete Wagner on 06.06.2014, edited by Björn Kröger

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Taxonomic list

Rhynchonellata
 Athyridida - Meristellidae
Hindella cassidea1 Dalman 1828
 Rhynchonellida - Trigonirhynchiidae
Thebesia scopulosa1 Cocks 1982
 Orthida - Linoporellidae
Leptoskelidion loci1 Cocks 1982
Tergomya
 Tryblidiida - Archaeophialidae
Gastropoda
 Bellerophontida - Bellerophontidae
"Bellerophon bullatus" = Cymbularia bullatus2, "Cyrtolites pachygaster" = Cymbularia bullatus2
"Bellerophon bullatus" = Cymbularia bullatus2 Koken and Perner 1925 snail
"Cyrtolites pachygaster" = Cymbularia bullatus2 Koken and Perner 1925 snail
 Murchisoniina - Trochonematidae
"Nematotrochus bicarinatus" = Globonema kokeni2
"Nematotrochus bicarinatus" = Globonema kokeni2 Wenz 1938 snail
 Euomphalina - Macluritidae
"Omphalocirrus christianiae" = Maclurites christianiae2
"Omphalocirrus christianiae" = Maclurites christianiae2 Koken and Perner 1925 snail