Pentameroides subrectus Community, Vik Formation, at Kampebraten: Telychian, Norway

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
Bryozoa indet. Ehrenberg 1831
Bryozoans, thick branched
Stenolaemata - Fenestrata
Fenestrata indet. (Elias and Condra 1957)
synonym of Fenestelloidea
Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Dalmanellidae
Isorthis mackenziei Boucot et al. 1966
recombined as Isorthis (Ovalella) mackenziei
Rhynchonellata - Pentamerida - Pentameridae
Pentameroides subrectus (Hall and Clarke 1892)
Rhynchonellata - Pentamerida - Clorindidae
Clorinda sp. Barrande 1879
Rhynchonellata - Atrypida - Atrypidae
Atrypa reticularis (Linnaeus 1758)
original and current combination Anomia reticularis
species name in quotes
Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Cyrtiidae
Eospirifer sp. Schuchert 1913
Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Sowerbyellidae
Eoplectodonta sp. Kozlowski 1929
Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Leptostrophiidae
Brachyprion sp. Shaler 1865
Anthozoa - Heliolitida - Heliolitidae
Heliolitidae indet. Lindström 1876
Anthozoa - Favositida - Favositidae
Favositidae indet. Dana 1846
Anthozoa - Rugosa
Rugosa indet. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1850
Stromatoporoidea - Stromatoporoidea
Stromatoporoidea indet. Nicholson and Murie 1878
see common names

Geography
Country:Norway
Coordinates: 59.8° North, 10.4° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:23.6° South, 8.4° West
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:local area
Time
Period: Silurian Epoch: Llandovery
Stage: Telychian 10 m.y. bin: Silurian 1
*International age/stage:Middle Telychian
Key time interval: Telychian
Age range of interval: 438.5 - 433.4 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Formation:Vik
Stratigraphic resolution:formation
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: "carbonate"
Secondary lithology: "shale"
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: "Environment: Same as that described for the Pentamerus Community." This was: "...Community in Norway typically occurs in calcareous strata, sometimes with minor shales, but never with sandstone interbeds."
Environment:marine indet.
Geology comments: "Environment: Same as that described for the Pentamerus Community." This was: "...typically found in storm-dominated environments and occurrence and preservation vary considerably with intensity and frequency of storms...In the Oslo region ... it occupies a BA 3 position..."
Taphonomy
Collection methods and comments
Collection excludes:some macrofossils
Reason for describing collection:paleoecologic analysis
Collection method comments: List based on table 22.12, which also gives numbe of specimens. Given broad geographic range, only this locality is included.
Taxonomic list comments:Many taxa are not listed to the genus level.
Metadata
Database number:14310
Authorizer:M. Foote Enterer:M. Foote
Modifier:M. Foote Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2002-05-30 15:05:20 Last modified:2006-09-15 15:14:05
Access level:the public Released:2002-05-30 15:05:20
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]