Leangella-Marklandella association (Silurian of Norway)

Where: Oslo, Norway (59.9° N, 10.8° E: paleocoordinates 25.7° S, 8.8° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• basin-level geographic resolution

When: Leangen Member (Solvik Formation), Aeronian (440.8 - 438.5 Ma)

• "lower Lland"

Environment/lithology: marine; shale

• "sh and mudstone. open shelf env. BA4. Stricklandiid community. 6 samples, 729 specimens, mean spp diversity=14.7"

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: B. G. Baarli. 1987. Benthic faunal associations in the Lower Silurian Solvik Formation of the Oslo-Asker Districts, Norway. Lethaia 20:75-90 [M. Foote/M. Foote/J. Ju]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 506: authorized by Jack Sepkoski, entered by Mike Sommers on 17.12.1998, edited by Pete Wagner

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• "Baarli, 1987"
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Graptolithina
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Graptolithina indet.
Graptolithina indet. graptolite
graptolites
Lophophorata
 Tentaculitida - Tentaculitidae
Tentaculites sp.
Tentaculites sp. von Schlotheim 1820
Strophomenata
 Strophomenida - Aegiromenidae
Aegiria norvegica
Aegiria norvegica Opik 1933
originally entered as "Aegirea norvegica"
 Strophomenida - Leptestiidae
Leangella scissa
Leangella scissa Davidson 1871
 Strophomenida - Sowerbyellidae
"Eoplectodonta duplicata" = Eoplectodonta (Eoplectodonta) duplicata
"Eoplectodonta duplicata" = Eoplectodonta (Eoplectodonta) duplicata de Sowerby and Murchison 1839
 Strophomenida - Eopholidostrophiidae
"Eopholidostrophia cocksii" = Pholidostrophia (Eopholidostrophia) cocksi
"Eopholidostrophia cocksii" = Pholidostrophia (Eopholidostrophia) cocksi Hurst 1974
 Strophomenida - Furcitellidae
"Katastrophomena pen" = Katastrophomena penkillensis
"Katastrophomena pen" = Katastrophomena penkillensis Reed 1917
 Strophomenida - Leptostrophiidae
Eostropheodonta sp.
Eostropheodonta sp. Bancroft 1949
 Orthotetida - Chilidiopsidae
Fardenia sp.
Fardenia sp. Lamont 1935
Rhynchonellata
 Pentamerida - Stricklandiidae
Stricklandia lens
Stricklandia lens Sowerby 1839
 Orthida - Platyorthidae
Marklandella sp.
 Atrypida -
Protatrypa malmoeyensis
Protatrypa malmoeyensis Boucot et al. 1964
Stenolaemata
 Trepostomata -
? Trepostomata indet.
? Trepostomata indet. Ulrich 1882
ramose bryozoans - originally entered as "? Trepostomata indet."
Trilobita
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Trilobita indet.
Trilobita indet. Walch 1771 trilobite