Bjørkøya, Solvang Fm. (Ordovician of Norway)

Also known as Bjerkøya

Where: Asker, Norway (59.8° N, 10.5° E: paleocoordinates 31.8° S, 9.7° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Solvang Formation, Oandu (453.0 - 451.8 Ma)

• "Upper Chasmops limestone", in Owen & Bruton, 1980

•"Upper part of Solvang Fm.", in Nikolaisen (1983)

Environment/lithology: marine; limestone

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Primary reference: A. W. Owen and D. L. Bruton. 1980. Late Caradoc-early Ashgill trilobites of the central Oslo Region, Norway. Paleontological Contributions from the University of Oslo. No. 245 245:1-63 [B. Kröger/B. Kröger]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 163204: authorized by Björn Kröger, entered by Björn Kröger on 16.10.2014

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Taxonomic list

Cephalopoda
 Endocerida - Endoceratidae
Endoceras sp.2 Hall 1847
Trilobita
 Proetida - Aulacopleuridae
Harpidella sp. M'Coy 1849 trilobite
 Corynexochida - Illaenidae
Stenopareia glaber Kjerulf 1865 trilobite
 Corynexochida - Styginidae
Stygina minor Skjeseth 1955 trilobite
 Lichida - Lichidae
Platylichas laxatus McCoy 1846 trilobite
 Trinucleida - Raphiophoridae
Lonchodomas aff. pennatus Latouche 1884 trilobite
 Asaphida - Remopleurididae
Remopleurides variolaris1 Nikolaisen 1983 trilobite
 Phacopida - Calymenidae
"Flexicalymene jemtlandica" = Flexicalymene (Onnicalymene) jemtlandica
"Flexicalymene jemtlandica" = Flexicalymene (Onnicalymene) jemtlandica Thorslund 1940 trilobite
 Phacopida - Encrinuridae
Deacybele gracilis Nikolaisen 1961 trilobite