Bratterud, Lower Chasmops Shale (Ordovician to of Norway)

Where: Oslo, Norway (60.1° N, 9.1° E: paleocoordinates 31.5° S, 10.5° W)

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Arnestad Formation, Haljala to Haljala (456.8 - 453.0 Ma)

• "Lower Chasmops Shale" = Arnestad Fm. sensu Owen et al. (1990)

•"Lower Chasmops Shale", in Nikolaisen (1983)

•"Lower Chasmops Shale 4bα", in Nikolaisen (1961)

Environment/lithology: marine; shale

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Primary reference: J. F. Bockelie. 1984. The Diploporita of the Oslo region, Norway. Palaeontology 27(1):1-68 [A. Miller/P. Novack-Gottshall/B. Kröger]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 162992: authorized by Björn Kröger, entered by Björn Kröger on 08.10.2014, edited by Pete Wagner

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Taxonomic list

 Sphaeronitida - Sphaeronitidae
Cephalopoda
 Oncocerida - Oncoceratidae
 Orthocerida - Kionoceratidae
Kionoceras sp.5 Hyatt 1884
 Orthocerida - Orthoceratidae
Ctenoceras sp.5 Noetling 1884
Strophomenata
 Strophomenida - Christianiidae
Christiania holtedahli n. sp.4 Spjeldnaes 1957
4ba
 Strophomenida - Sowerbyellidae
? Eoplectodonta percedens4 Holtedahl 1916
4ba-ß
 Strophomenida - Strophomenidae
"Strophomena norvegica" = Longvillia norvegica4
"Strophomena norvegica" = Longvillia norvegica4 Spjeldnaes 1957
4ba
 Strophomenida - Rafinesquinidae
"Rafinesquina (Hedstroemina) ungula n. sp." = Hedstroemina ungula4, Rafinesquina (Hedstroemina) holtedahli n. sp.4, Kjerulfina broeggeri4
"Rafinesquina (Hedstroemina) ungula n. sp." = Hedstroemina ungula4 Spjeldnaes 1957
4ba-ß
Rafinesquina (Hedstroemina) holtedahli n. sp.4 Spjeldnaes 1957
4ba-ß
Kjerulfina broeggeri4 Holtedahl 1916
4ba-ß
Trilobita
 Asaphida - Remopleurididae
Remopleurides laevigatus3 Nikolaisen 1983 trilobite
Remopleurides kullsbergensis3 Warburg 1925 trilobite
 Asaphida - Asaphidae
Asaphus (Neoasaphus) ludibundus1 Törnquist 1884 trilobite
 Phacopida - Encrinuridae
"Atractopyge dentata" = Cybellela dentata2
"Atractopyge dentata" = Cybellela dentata2 Esmark 1833 trilobite