Hindella-Cliftonia association, Langara Fm. (Ordovician of Norway)

Where: Oslo-Asker Dist., Norway (59.9° N, 10.6° E: paleocoordinates 27.6° S, 8.9° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

When: Langara Formation, Hirnantian (445.2 - 443.4 Ma)

• "Late Ashgillian (Ord) (lowermost Hirnantian)"

Environment/lithology: offshore; calcareous siltstone

• "calcareous mudstone (more calcareous than Hirnantian Assoc.) one ls bed. (west of Hirnantian Assoc.)- similar to Hirnantian Assoc.- slightly further offshore- mid shelf"

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: P. J. Brenchley and L. R. M. Cocks. 1982. Ecological associations in a regressive sequence: the latest Ordovician of the Oslo-Asker district, Norway. Palaeontology 25(4):783-815 [S. Finnegan/S. Finnegan/B. Kröger]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 441: authorized by Arnold Miller, entered by Mike Sommers on 08.12.1998

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• "Brenchley and Cocks, 1982"
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unclassified
  -
Rhabdonesonida sp.
Crinoidea
  -
Crinoidea indet.
Crinoidea indet. Miller 1821 Sea lily
crinoid ossicles
Lingulata
 Lingulida - Lingulidae
Lingula sp.
Lingula sp. Bruguiére 1797
 Lingulida - Discinidae
? Orbiculoidea sp.
? Orbiculoidea sp. d'Orbigny 1847
originally entered as "? Orbiculoidea sp."
Strophomenata
 Billingsellida - Gonambonitidae
Kullervo sp.
Kullervo sp. Opik 1932
 Orthotetida - Triplesiidae
Cliftonia sp., Triplesia sp.
Cliftonia sp. Foerste 1909
Triplesia sp. Hall 1859
 Orthotetida - Chilidiopsidae
"Coolinia sp." = Fardenia (Coolinia)
"Coolinia sp." = Fardenia (Coolinia) Bancroft 1949
 Strophomenida -
Strophomenida indet.
Strophomenida indet. Opik 1934
strophomenid
 Strophomenida - Sowerbyellidae
Eoplectodonta sp.
Eoplectodonta sp. Kozlowski 1929
 Strophomenida - Leptestiidae
Sampo sp.
Sampo sp. Opik 1933
 Strophomenida - Furcitellidae
Katastrophomena sp.
 Strophomenida - Leptostrophiidae
Eostropheodonta sp.
Eostropheodonta sp. Bancroft 1949
 Strophomenida - Rafinesquinidae
Leptaena sp.
Leptaena sp. Dalman 1828
Rhynchonellata
 Pentamerida -
Pentamerida indet., Porambonitacea indet.
Pentamerida indet. Schuchert and Cooper 1931
pentamerid
Porambonitacea indet. Davidson 1853
porambonitacean
 Pentamerida - Parastrophinidae
Parastrophina sp.
Parastrophina sp. Schuchert and LeVene 1929
 Athyridida - Meristellidae
Hindella sp.
Hindella sp. Davidson 1882
 Atrypida - Atrypinidae
Eospirigerina sp.
Eospirigerina sp. Schuchert and Cooper 1930
 Atrypida - Anazygidae
Zygospira sp.
Zygospira sp. Hall 1862
 Protorthida - Skenidiidae
Skenidioides sp.
Skenidioides sp. Schuchert and Cooper 1931
 Rhynchonellida - Rhynchonellidae
Rhynchonellidae indet.
Rhynchonellidae indet. Gray 1848
rhynchonellid - originally entered as "Rhynchonellida indet."
 Orthida -
Orthida indet.
Orthida indet. Schuchert and Cooper 1932
orthid
 Orthida - Draboviidae
Drabovia sp.
Drabovia sp. Havlicek 1950
 Orthida - Dicoelosiidae
Epitomyonia sp.
Epitomyonia sp. Wright 1968
 Orthida - Dalmanellidae
Dalmanella sp., Onniella sp.
Dalmanella sp. Hall and Clarke 1892
Onniella sp. Bancroft 1928
 Orthida - Productorthidae
Nicolella sp.
Nicolella sp. Reed 1917
 Orthida - Hesperorthidae
Dolerorthis sp.
Dolerorthis sp. Schuchert and Cooper 1931
 Orthida - Platystrophiidae
Platystrophia sp.
Lophophorata
 Tentaculitida - Tentaculitidae
Tentaculites sp.
Tentaculites sp. von Schlotheim 1820
Stenolaemata
 Trepostomata -
Trepostomata indet.
Trepostomata indet. Ulrich 1882
3 types: hemisphaeroidal trepostome, phylloporoid cryptostome, thin stick trep.
 Trepostomata - Halloporidae
Hallopora sp., ? Hallopora sp.
Hallopora sp. Bassler 1911
? Hallopora sp. Bassler 1911
originally entered as "? Hallopora sp."
Cephalopoda
 Oncocerida - Oncoceratidae
Beloitoceras sp.
Beloitoceras sp. Foerste 1924
Gastropoda
 Bellerophontida -
Bellerophontida indet.
Bellerophontida indet. Ulrich and Scofield 1897 snail
bellerophontareans
 Streptoneura -
Archaeogastropoda indet., ? Archaeogastropoda indet.
Archaeogastropoda indet. Thiele 1925 snail
platyceratid
? Archaeogastropoda indet. Thiele 1925 snail
originally entered as "? Pleurotomaria sp."
 Murchisoniina - Trochonematidae
Globonema sp.
Globonema sp. Wenz 1938 snail
 Murchisoniina -
"Loxonematacea indet." = Loxonematoidea
"Loxonematacea indet." = Loxonematoidea Koken 1889 snail
originally entered as "Loxonematacea sp."
 Murchisoniina - Loxonematidae
Holopella sp.
Holopella sp. M'Coy 1851 snail
Bivalvia
 Myalinida - Ambonychiidae
Ambonychia sp.
Ambonychia sp. Hall 1847 clam
 Cardiidia - Grammysiidae
? Cuneamya sp.
? Cuneamya sp. Hall and Whitfield 1875 clam
originally entered as "? Cuneamya sp."
Trilobita
 Corynexochida - Illaenidae
Stenopareia sp.
Stenopareia sp. Holm 1886 trilobite
 Corynexochida - Panderiidae
Panderia sp.
Panderia sp. Volborth 1863 trilobite
 Proetida - Aulacopleuridae
Harpidella sp.
Harpidella sp. M'Coy 1849 trilobite
 Phacopida - Pterygometopidae
Toxochasmops sp.
Toxochasmops sp. McNamara 1979 trilobite
 Phacopida - Dalmanitidae
Mucronaspis sp.
Mucronaspis sp. Destombes 1963 trilobite
 Lichida - Lichidae
Dicranopeltis sp.
Dicranopeltis sp. Hawle and Corda 1847 trilobite
Anthozoa
 Stauriida - Streptelasmatidae
Helicelasma sp., Streptelasma sp., Leolasma sp., ? Grewingkia sp.
Helicelasma sp. Neuman 1969 horn coral
Streptelasma sp. Hall 1847 horn coral
Leolasma sp. Kaljo 1956 horn coral
? Grewingkia sp. Dybowski 1873 horn coral
originally entered as "? Grewinkia sp."
Chlorophyceae
  - Receptaculitidae
Receptaculites sp.
Receptaculites sp. Defrance 1827