Road section 3 km south of Porsgrunn, Skien - Langesund District (Ordovician of Norway)
Where: Norway (59.1° N, 9.7° E: paleocoordinates 30.5° S, 9.6° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
When: 5b other zone, Katian (453.0 - 445.2 Ma)
• just below coquina with Holorynchus giganteus, upper most Katian,
Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; lithified, calcareous limestone
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Primary reference: N. Spjeldnaes. 1961. A new silicified coral from the Upper Ordovician of the Oslo Region. Norsk Geologisk Tidsskrift 41:79-84 [B. Kröger/B. Kröger]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 158244: authorized by Björn Kröger, entered by Björn Kröger on 17.07.2014
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Taxonomic list
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| Anthozoa | |
"Holophragma duncanae" = Bodophyllum duncanae, "Bodophyllum duncanae" = Bodophyllum duncanae
"Holophragma duncanae" = Bodophyllum duncanae Spjeldnaes 1961 horn coral
"Bodophyllum duncanae" = Bodophyllum duncanae Spjeldnaes 1961 horn coral | |