Asjordet (Ordovician to of Norway)

Also known as Reef 1401

Where: Norway (60.6° N, 10.7° E: paleocoordinates 31.0° S, 9.6° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Mjøsa Limestone Formation, Soudleyan to Soudleyan (458.4 - 453.0 Ma)

• PJW: originally spelled "Mjösa"

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; lithified reef rocks

• Patch reef 10-20 lateral extent, 4-6 m thick

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: quarrying, peel or thin section,

Primary reference: T. L. Harland. 1981. Middle Ordovician reefs of Norway. Lethaia 14:169-188 [A. Miller/P. Novack-Gottshall/A. Clement]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 34843: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Wolfgang Kiessling on 07.10.2003

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Rhodophyceae
  - Solenoporaceae
Solenopora sp.
Solenopora sp. Dybowski 1877
Ulvophyceae
  -
Vermiporella sp.
Vermiporella sp. Stolley 1893
Stromatoporoidea
 Stromatoporoidea -
Stromatoporoidea indet.
Stromatoporoidea indet. stromatoporoid sponge
Anthozoa
 Lichenariida - Lyoporidae
Lyopora sp., Eofletcheria sp.
Lyopora sp. Nicholson and Etheridge 1878 tabulate coral
Eofletcheria sp. Bassler 1950 tabulate coral
 Stauriida - Streptelasmatidae
Streptelasma sp.
Streptelasma sp. Hall 1847 horn coral
Ostracoda
 Palaeocopida - Tetradellidae
Tallinnella sp.
Tallinnella sp. Opik 1937 ostracod
Trilobita
 Corynexochida - Illaenidae
Stenopareia sp.
Stenopareia sp. Holm 1886 trilobite
Bryozoa
  -
Bryozoa indet.
Bryozoa indet. Ehrenberg 1831
Cephalopoda
 Nautilida -
Nautilida indet.
Nautilida indet. Agassiz 1847
Gastropoda
 Murchisoniina - Loxonematidae
? Loxonema sp.
? Loxonema sp. Phillips 1841 snail
 Murchisoniina - Eotomariidae
Eotomaria sp.
Eotomaria sp. Ulrich and Scofield 1897 snail