Dicoelosia osloensis-Rhinopora malmoensis Comm., Leangen Mbr. of Solvik Formatio: Aeronian, Norway

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Crinoidea
Crinoidea indet. Miller 1821
Craniata - Craniopsida - Craniopsidae
Paracraniops sp. Williams 1963
Strophomenata - Orthotetida - Chilidiopsidae
Fardenia oblectator Baarli 1995
Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Sowerbyellidae
Eoplectodonta duplicata (de Sowerby and Murchison 1839)
recombined as Eoplectodonta (Eoplectodonta) duplicata
Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Leptestiidae
Leangella scissa (Davidson 1871)
Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Aegiromenidae
Aegirea norvegica (Opik 1933)
misspelling Aegiria norvegica
Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Furcitellidae
Katastrophomena penkillensis (Reed 1917)
Pentlandina sp. Bancroft 1949
Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Rafinesquinidae
Leptaena haverfordensis Bancroft 1949
recombined as Leptaena (Leptaena) haverfordensis
Rhynchonellata - Pentamerida - Stricklandiidae
Stricklandia lens (Sowerby 1839)
Rhynchonellata - Atrypida - Lissatrypidae
? Meifodia sp.
sp. 1
Meifodia sp.
sp. 2
Rhynchonellata - Atrypida - Atrypidae
Plectatrypa henningsmoeni
Rhynchonellata - Atrypida
Protatrypa malmoeyensis Boucot et al. 1964
Rhynchonellata - Atrypida - Cyclospiridae
Cyclospira sp. Hall and Clarke 1893
Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Draboviidae
? Diorthelasma semotum Baarli 1988
Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Rhipidomellidae
Mendacella bleikeriensis Baarli 1988
Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Dicoelosiidae
Dicoelosia osloensis Wright 1968
Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Dalmanellidae
Isorthis prima (Walmsley and Boucot 1975)
synonym of Levenea llandoveriana
Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Hesperorthidae
Dolerorthis sowerbyiana (Davidson 1869)
Rhynchonellata - Protorthida - Skenidiidae
Skenidioides worsleyi
Tentaculitida - Tentaculitidae
Tentaculites sp. von Schlotheim 1820
genus name in quotes
unclassified
Bryozoa indet. Ehrenberg 1831
stick bryozoans
Stenolaemata - Cryptostomata - Rhinoporidae
Rhinopora malmoeensis
Gastropoda
Gastropoda indet. Cuvier 1795
Bivalvia
Pelecypoda indet. Goldfuss 1820
synonym of Bivalvia
Ostracoda
Ostracoda indet. Latreille 1802
Trilobita
Trilobita indet. Walch 1771
Anthozoa - Rugosa
Rugosa indet. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1850
Anthozoa - Favositida - Favositidae
Favositidae indet. Dana 1846
Scyphozoa - Conulariida
Conulariida indet. Miller and Gurley 1896
Chlorophyceae - Dasycladales - Dasycladaceae
Cyclocrinites sp. Stolley 1898
genus name in quotes
see common names

Geography
Country:Norway
Coordinates: 59.9° North, 10.8° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:25.7° South, 8.8° West
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:local area
Time
Period:Silurian Epoch:Llandovery
Stage:Aeronian 10 m.y. bin:Silurian 1
*International age/stage:Early/Lower Aeronian
Key time interval:Aeronian
Age range of interval:440.80000 - 438.50000 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Formation:Solvik Member:Leangen
Stratigraphic resolution:member
Stratigraphy comments: Basal Leangen member, Solvik Formation, earliest Aeronian.
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: calcareous "shale"
Secondary lithology: sandstone
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: "This comm. occurs in thickly bedded shales. The lime content is very low, and there are some very thin fine-grained sandstone interlayers."
Environment:offshore indet.
Geology comments: "...signs of transport [valve ratios] within habitat...clearl shallowing trend throughout section... offshore environment and deposition immediately below storm wave base...A BA 5 assignment is likely..."
Taphonomy
Collection methods and comments
Collection excludes:some macrofossils
Reason for describing collection:paleoecologic analysis
Collection method comments: Table 22.5 gives absolute and relative abundances. This collection reflects the same material as collection number 13845, but species names and other taxa have been added.
Taxonomic list comments:Some taxa not listed to genus level.
Metadata
Database number:14279
Authorizer:M. Foote Enterer:M. Foote
Modifier:W. Kiessling Research group:marine invertebrate
Collections that are a subset of this one:13845
Created:2002-05-29 13:42:37 Last modified:2008-04-23 19:22:26
Access level:the public Released:2002-05-29 13:42:37
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

6308. B. G. Baarli, H. B. Keilen, and M. E. Johnson. 1999. Silurian communities of the Oslo Region, Norway. In A. J. Boucot and J. D. Lawson (eds.), Paleocommunities--a case study from the Silurian and Lower Devonian 327-349 [M. Foote/M. Foote/P. Wagner]