Skien (Ordovician of Norway)

Where: Norway (59.2° N, 9.6° E: paleocoordinates 30.1° S, 9.6° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: 5b other zone, Herøya Formation, Pirgu (449.5 - 445.2 Ma)

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified limestone

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Primary reference: E. Koken and J. Perner. 1925. Die Gastropoden des baltischen Untersilurs 1-324 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner/P. Wagner]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 164563: authorized by Pete Wagner, entered by Pete Wagner on 05.12.2014

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Taxonomic list

Gastropoda
 Bellerophontida - Bucaniidae
"Bucania crassa" = Megalomphala crassa
"Bucania crassa" = Megalomphala crassa Koken 1896 snail
 Euomphalina - Platyceratidae
"Eunema sulcifera" = Cyclonema rupestre
"Eunema sulcifera" = Cyclonema rupestre d'Eichwald 1856 snail
 Euomphalina - Oriostomatidae
"? Polytropis zonata n. sp." = Oriostoma zonata
"? Polytropis zonata n. sp." = Oriostoma zonata Koken and Perner 1925 snail
 Euomphalina - Holopeidae
Holopea ampullacea d'Eichwald 1860 snail
 Euomphalina - Macluritidae
"Maclurites serpentrionalis" = Maclurina serpentrionalis
"Maclurites serpentrionalis" = Maclurina serpentrionalis Koken and Perner 1925 snail
 Murchisoniina - Lophospiridae
"Worthenia silurica" = Loxoplocus silurica
"Worthenia silurica" = Loxoplocus silurica d'Eichwald 1840 snail
 Murchisoniina - Subulitidae
Subulites subula Koken 1896 snail
Subulites gigas d'Eichwald 1842 snail