Holmenskjæret, Holmen (Ordovician of Norway)

Also known as Holmenskjaeret

Where: Oslo, Norway (59.9° N, 10.5° E: paleocoordinates 30.5° S, 9.4° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Langåra Formation, Rawtheyan (448.8 - 445.2 Ma)

• Tretaspis = 5a

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: limestone

• Wright, 1965: "In this locality sediments consists of shale alternating with discontinuous limestone lenses rich in the algae Palaeoporella; the Streptis were obtained from these algal limestone lenses"

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Preservation: cast

Primary reference: R. M. Owens. 1973. Ordovician Proetidae (Trilobita) from Scandinavia. Norsk Geologisk Tidsskrift 53:117-181 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 73405: authorized by Pete Wagner, entered by Pete Wagner on 14.06.2007, edited by Björn Kröger

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Taxonomic list

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Strophomenata
 Orthotetida - Triplesiidae
Streptis undifera
Streptis undifera Ulrich and Cooper 1936
Trilobita
 Proetida - Proetidae
Xenocybe micrommata n. gen. n. sp.
Xenocybe micrommata n. gen. n. sp. Owens 1973 trilobite
 Proetida - Tropidocoryphidae
Ascetopeltis "sp. 1", Ascetopeltis lepta n. sp., Ascetopeltis bockeliei n. gen. n. sp., Stenoblepharum norvegicum n. sp.
Ascetopeltis "sp. 1" Owens 1973 trilobite
Ascetopeltis lepta n. sp. Owens 1973 trilobite
Ascetopeltis bockeliei n. gen. n. sp. Owens 1973 trilobite
Stenoblepharum norvegicum n. sp. Owens 1973 trilobite