Kampebråten (Silurian of Norway)

Where: Sandvika, Norway (59.9° N, 10.5° E: paleocoordinates 23.5° S, 8.4° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Vik Formation, Telychian (438.5 - 433.4 Ma)

• Base of formation

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; carbonate and shale

• "Environment: Same as that described for the Pentamerus Community." This was: "...typically found in storm-dominated environments and occurrence and preservation vary considerably with intensity and frequency of storms...In the Oslo region ... it occupies a BA 3 position..."
• "Environment: Same as that described for the Pentamerus Community." This was: "...Community in Norway typically occurs in calcareous strata, sometimes with minor shales, but never with sandstone interbeds."

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Collection methods: Specimens at PMO.

Primary reference: B. G. Baarli. 1988. The Llandovery enteletacean brachiopods of the central Oslo region, Norway. Palaeontology 31(4):1101-1129 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 160115: authorized by Pete Wagner, entered by Pete Wagner on 15.08.2014

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Taxonomic list

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Rhynchonellata
 Orthida - Draboviidae
Salopina pumila n. sp.
Salopina pumila n. sp. Baarli 1988
 Orthida - Dicoelosiidae
Dicoelosia alticavata
Dicoelosia alticavata Whittard and Barker 1950
 Orthida - Dalmanellidae
Isorthis (Ovalella) mackenziei
Isorthis (Ovalella) mackenziei Boucot et al. 1966
 Orthida - Harknessellidae
Kampella guttula n. gen. n. sp.
Kampella guttula n. gen. n. sp. Baarli 1988