Where: Spitsbergen, Norway (79.9° N, 17.7° E: paleocoordinates 79.8° N, 17.7° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
When: Chapmanopyge trilobite zone, Bassisletta Member (Kirtonryggen Formation), Tulean (480.8 - 474.9 Ma)
• "upper 34 m of base of Bassisletta member", in Fortey & Bruton, 2013
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 189836: authorized by Björn Kröger, entered by Björn Kröger on 19.11.2017
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Taxonomic list
| Trilobita | |
Petigurus groenlandicus, Jeffersonia viator, Bolbocephalus gunnari, Uromystrum affine, Bathyurellus diclementsae, Licnocephala sp., "Ceratopeltis (cf. Ceratopeltis) batchensis" = Ceratopeltis bachensis, Punka latissima, Chapmanopyge cf. sp., Chapmanopyge (cf. Chapmanopyge) sanddoelaensis
Petigurus groenlandicus Poulsen 1937 trilobite
Jeffersonia viator Fortey and Bruton 2013 trilobite
Bolbocephalus gunnari Fortey and Bruton 2013 trilobite
Uromystrum affine Poulsen 1937 trilobite
Bathyurellus diclementsae Fortey and Bruton 2013 trilobite
Licnocephala sp. Ross 1951 trilobite
"Ceratopeltis (cf. Ceratopeltis) batchensis" = Ceratopeltis bachensis Adrain and Westrop 2005 trilobite
Punka latissima Fortey and Bruton 2013 trilobite
Chapmanopyge cf. sp. Fortey and Bruton 2013 trilobite
Chapmanopyge (cf. Chapmanopyge) sanddoelaensis Adrain and Westrop 2005 trilobite | |
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Carolinites sp. Kobayashi 1940 trilobite | |
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Phaseolops bobowensi Fortey and Bruton 2013 trilobite | |