Asker (Ordovician of Norway)

Where: Askerhus, Norway (59.5° N, 10.3° E: paleocoordinates 29.7° S, 9.2° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Amorphognathus ordovicicus conodont zone, Husbergøya Formation, Pirgu (449.5 - 445.2 Ma)

• Given as Boda in Koken & Perner, but that is broken down.

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: limestone

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Primary reference: E. Koken and J. Perner. 1925. Die Gastropoden des baltischen Untersilurs 1-324 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner/P. Wagner]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 99790: authorized by Pete Wagner, entered by Pete Wagner on 21.11.2010

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Taxonomic list

Gastropoda
 Euomphalina - Macluritidae
"Omphalocirrus christianiae" = Maclurites christianiae
"Omphalocirrus christianiae" = Maclurites christianiae Koken and Perner 1925 snail
Omphalocirrus Christianiae
 Bellerophontida - Bellerophontidae
"Bellerophon bullatus" = Cymbularia bullatus, "Cyrtolites pachygaster" = Cymbularia bullatus
"Bellerophon bullatus" = Cymbularia bullatus Koken and Perner 1925 snail
"Cyrtolites pachygaster" = Cymbularia bullatus Koken and Perner 1925 snail
 Bellerophontida - Bucaniidae
"Temnodiscus lindstroemi" = Phragmolites lindstroemi, "Conradella reticulata" = Bucania reticulata
"Temnodiscus lindstroemi" = Phragmolites lindstroemi Koken and Perner 1925 snail
Temnodiscus Lindströmi
"Conradella reticulata" = Bucania reticulata Koken and Perner 1925 snail
 Murchisoniina - Phanerotrematidae
"Euryzone kiari" = Brachytomaria kiari
"Euryzone kiari" = Brachytomaria kiari Koken and Perner 1925 snail
Euryzone Kiari