Eurypterid-Associated Biota of the Basal Sundvollen Formation, Oslo Region: Rootsikula, Norway

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
Hirella sp.
Petromyzontida
Ateleaspis sp. Traquair 1889
Eurypterida - Pterygotidae
Pterygotus sp. Agassiz 1839
Eurypterida - Adelophthalmidae
Nanahughmilleria sp. (Kjellesvig-Waering 1961)
original and current combination Hughmilleria (Nanahughmilleria)
Eurypterida - Mixopteridae
Mixopterus sp. Ruedemann 1921
Eurypterida - Eurypteridae
Baltoeurypterus tetragonophthalmus (Fischer 1839)
original and current combination Eurypterus tetragonophthalmus
see common names

Geography
Country:Norway
Coordinates: 59.9° North, 10.8° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:16.9° South, 7.3° West
Basis of coordinate:based on political unit
Geographic resolution:local area
Time
Period:Silurian Epoch:Wenlock
Stage:Homerian 10 m.y. bin:Silurian 2
*Epoch:Late/Upper Wenlock
Key time interval:Rootsikula Graptolite zone: Colonograptus ludensis
Age range of interval:429.20000 - 427.40000 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Formation:Sundvollen
Stratigraphic resolution:member
Stratigraphy comments: "Basal Sundvollen Formation. Late Wenlockian." PJW: base of formation is thought to be Colonograptus ludensis graptolite zone (Nakrem & Rasmussen 2013).
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:gray "shale"
Lithology description: "Dark-gray shale."
Environment:marginal marine indet.
Geology comments: "overlying red bed contains ripple marks, mud cracks, and trails. Nonmarine, showing transition from marine conditions below"
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:paleoecologic analysis
Metadata
Database number:26927
Authorizer:M. Foote Enterer:M. Foote
Modifier:P. Wagner Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2002-11-08 10:18:04 Last modified:2018-07-19 13:28:13
Access level:the public Released:2002-11-08 10:18:04
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

4261. R. E. Plotnick. 1999. Habitat of Llandoverian-Lochkovian eurypterids. In A. J. Boucot, J. D. Lawson (eds.), Paleocommunities - a case study from the Silurian and Lower Devonian 106-136 [M. Foote/M. Foote/P. Wagner]