Kårtveitbekken, Megistaspis (Paramegistaspis) aff. estonica zone: Tremadocian - Floian, Norway

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Trilobita - Asaphida - Asaphidae
Niobe (Proxiniobe) longicauda Hoel 1999
Megistaspis (Paramegistaspis) planilimbata (Angelin 1851)
see common names

Geography
Country:Norway State/province:Eiker-Sandsvær
Coordinates: 59.7° North, 9.7° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:37.0° South, 14.8° West
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Ordovician Epoch:Early/Lower Ordovician
Key time interval:Tremadocian - Floian Trilobite zone: Megistaspis (Paramegistaspis) aff. estonica
Age range of interval:485.40000 - 470.00000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Tøyen Member:Hagastrand
Stratigraphic resolution:member
Stratigraphy comments: "Uppermost part of the Hagastrand Member, Kårtveitbekken, Krekling.", in Hoel 1999 = Megistaspis (Paramegistaspis) aff. estonica zone
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: "limestone"
Secondary lithology: "shale"
Environment:carbonate indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils,mesofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection excludes:some genera
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Metadata
Database number:190984
Authorizer:B. Kröger Enterer:B. Kröger
Modifier:B. Kröger
Created:2018-01-02 09:14:39 Last modified:2018-01-02 09:17:16
Access level:the public Released:2018-01-02 09:14:39
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
59771. O. A. Hoel. 1999. Trilobites of the Hagastrand Member (Tøyen Formation, lowermost Arenig) from the Oslo Region, Norway, Part 1: Asaphidae. Norsk Geologisk Tidsskrift 79:179-204 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner/B. Kröger]