Where: Eiker-Sandsvær, Norway (59.7° N, 9.7° E: paleocoordinates 37.0° S, 14.8° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Megistaspis (Paramegistaspis) aff. estonica trilobite zone, Hagastrand Member (Tøyen Formation), Tremadocian to Tremadocian (485.4 - 470.0 Ma)
• "Uppermost part of the Hagastrand Member, Kårtveitbekken, Krekling.", in Hoel 1999 = Megistaspis (Paramegistaspis) aff. estonica zone
• member-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: limestone and shale
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Primary reference: O. A. Hoel. 1999. Trilobites of the Hagastrand Member (Tøyen Formation, lowermost Arenig) from the Oslo Region, Norway, Part 1: Asaphidae. Norsk Geologisk Tidsskrift 79:179-204 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner/B. Kröger]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 190984: authorized by Björn Kröger, entered by Björn Kröger on 02.01.2018
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Taxonomic list
Trilobita | |
Niobe (Proxiniobe) longicauda Hoel 1999 trilobite
Megistaspis (Paramegistaspis) planilimbata Angelin 1851 trilobite |