Håkavik, Ogyiocaris Shale (Ordovician of Norway)

Where: Norway (59.8° N, 10.5° E: paleocoordinates 34.2° S, 10.9° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Elnes Formation, Uhaku (459.7 - 458.0 Ma)

• "Ogyiocaris shale", in Jaanusson (1953) & "4aα3 Ogygiocaris Shale", in Henningsmoen 1960

Environment/lithology: marine; shale

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Primary reference: V. Jaanusson. 1953. Untersuchungen über baltoskandische Asaphiden I Revision der mittelordovizischen Asaphiden des Siljan-Gebietes in Dalarna. Arkiv för Mineralogie och Geologie 1(14):377-464 [B. Kröger/B. Kröger]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 166590: authorized by Björn Kröger, entered by Björn Kröger on 19.02.2015

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Taxonomic list

Trilobita
 Asaphida - Asaphidae
Pseudomegalaspis patagiata Törnquist 1884 trilobite