Hovedøya, Oslofjord, Langøyene Fm.: Porkuni, Norway

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Rhynchonellata - Athyridida - Meristellidae
Hindella cassidea (Dalman 1828)
Cocks 1982
Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Giraldiellidae
Comatopoma sp.
1 specimen
Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Linoporellidae
Leptoskelidion loci Cocks 1982
Cocks 1982
Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Trigonirhynchiidae
Thebesia scopulosa Cocks 1982
Cocks 1982
Plectothyrella crassicostis (Dalman 1828)
Cocks 1982
Atrypa crassicostis
Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Christianiidae
Christiania sp. Hall and Clarke 1892
Cocks 1982
Lingulata - Lingulida - Trematidae
Trematis norvegica Cocks 1982
Cocks 1982
see common names

Geography
Country:Norway State/province:Oslo
Coordinates: 59.9° North, 10.7° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:28.1° South, 8.9° West
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Ordovician Epoch:Late/Upper Ordovician
Stage:Hirnantian 10 m.y. bin:Ordovician 5
Key time interval:Porkuni Graptolite zone: Normalograptus extraordinarius
Age range of interval:445.20000 - 443.80000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Langøyene
Stratigraphic resolution:formation
Stratigraphy comments: 5b on the old Norwegian scale.
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: "limestone"
Environment:carbonate indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Metadata
Also known as:Hovedøen, and SP 16 in Brenchley and Cocks, 1982
Database number:159374
Authorizer:B. Kröger Enterer:B. Kröger
Modifier:B. Kröger Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2014-08-01 05:54:22 Last modified:2014-12-06 07:12:14
Access level:the public Released:2014-08-01 05:54:22
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

19960. P. J. Brenchley and L. R. M. Cocks. 1982. Ecological associations in a regressive sequence: the latest Ordovician of the Oslo-Asker district, Norway. Palaeontology 25(4):783-815 [S. Finnegan/S. Finnegan/B. Kröger]

Secondary references:

52663 L. R. M. Cocks. 1982. The commoner brachiopods of the latest Ordovician of the Oslo-Asker district, Norway. Palaeontology 25(4):755-781 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner]