Where: Rogaland, Norway (59.3° N, 6.3° E: paleocoordinates 37.7° S, 24.1° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Jincella brachymetopa trilobite zone, Andrarum Limestone Formation, Middle Cambrian (509.0 - 497.0 Ma)
• formation-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; concretionary, calcareous limestone and shale
•in the vertical cliff below the quartzite, contain pale limestone concretions and loose blocks of these yield coquinas of trilobites."
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Primary reference: D. L. Bruton and D. A. T. Harper. 2000. A mid-Cambrian shelly fauna from Ritland, western Norway and its palaeogeographical implications. Bulletin of the Geological Society of Denmark 47:29-51 [B. Kröger/B. Kröger]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 190113: authorized by Björn Kröger, entered by Björn Kröger on 28.11.2017
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Taxonomic list
Artiopoda | |
"Axagnostus fallax" = Peronopsis fallax
"Axagnostus fallax" = Peronopsis fallax Linnarsson 1869 | |
Trilobita | |
Parasolenopleura cf. peregrina Wallerius 1930 trilobite
Solenopleura bucculenta Grönwall 1902 trilobite | |
Anomocare cf. laeve Angelin 1852 trilobite | |
Lingulata | |
Lingulella sp. Salter 1866
Obolus sp. Eichwald 1829 | |
"Acrothele granulata" = Acrothele (Redlichella) granulata
"Acrothele granulata" = Acrothele (Redlichella) granulata Linnarsson 1876 | |
Treptotreta socialis Seebach 1865 | |
Paterinata | |
Dictyonina ornatella Linnarsson 1876 |