Profilstranda, S. delicatus fauna, Ny Friesland (Ordovician of Norway)

Where: Spitsbergen, Norway (79.9° N, 17.7° E: paleocoordinates 79.8° N, 17.7° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Svalbardicus delicatus trilobite zone, Spora Member (Kirtonryggen Formation), Stairsian (485.4 - 478.6 Ma)

Environment/lithology: open shallow subtidal; calcareous limestone

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Primary reference: R. A. Fortey and D. L. Bruton. 2013. Lower Ordovician trilobites of the Kirtonryggen Formation, Spitsbergen. Fossils and Strata 59:1-116 [B. Kröger/B. Kröger]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 189833: authorized by Björn Kröger, entered by Björn Kröger on 19.11.2017

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Taxonomic list

Trilobita
 Corynexochida - Leiostegiidae
Leiostegium spongiosum Fortey and Bruton 2013 trilobite
 Proetida - Hystricuridae
Hystricurus (cf. Hystricurus) sp. Raymond 1913 trilobite
Hystricurus sp. Raymond 1913 trilobite
Svalbardicurus delicatus Fortey and Bruton 2013 trilobite
 Asaphida - Symphysurinidae
Eurysymphysurina spora Fortey and Bruton 2013 trilobite
 Phacopida - Cheiruridae
Pilekia (cf. Pilekia) trio Hintze 1953 trilobite