Elnes Fm., Sjostrand Mbr., Oslo region, Norway: Late Llanvirn, Norway

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Trilobita - Asaphida - Asaphidae
Ogmasaphus sp. Jaanusson 1953
Pseudomegalaspis sp. Jaanusson 1953
Ogygiocaris sp. Angelin 1854
Trilobita - Trinucleida - Trinucleidae
Botrioides sp. Stetson 1927
Pterobranchia - Graptoloidea - Glossograptidae
Cryptograptus sp.
Pterobranchia - Graptoloidea - Pterograptidae
Pterograptus sp. Holm 1881
Pterobranchia - Graptoloidea - Phyllograptidae
Tetragraptus sp. Salter 1863
Phyllograptus sp. Hall 1858
Pterobranchia - Graptoloidea - Dichograptidae
Didymograptus sp. McCoy 1851
Azygograptus sp. Nicholson and Lapworth 1875
Janograptus sp.
Pterobranchia - Graptoloidea - Retiolitidae
Glyptograptus sp. Lapworth 1873
Pterobranchia - Graptoloidea - Climacograptidae
Climacograptus sp. Hall 1865
Pterobranchia - Graptoloidea - Dicranograptidae
Dicranograptus sp. (Hall 1865)
Pterobranchia - Graptoloidea - Diplograptidae
Amplexograptus sp.
Orthograptus sp. Lapworth 1873
see common names

Geography
Country:Norway
Coordinates: 60.0° North, 11.0° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:33.7° South, 10.4° West
Geographic resolution:local area
Time
Period: Ordovician Epoch: Middle Ordovician
Stage: Darriwilian 10 m.y. bin: Ordovician 3
*Period:Middle Ordovician *Epoch:Late/Upper Llanvirn
Key time interval: Late Llanvirn
Age range of interval: 461.3 - 458.4 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Formation:Elnes Member:Sjostrand
Stratigraphic resolution:member
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:black lithified "shale"
Secondary lithology: "limestone"
Environment:basinal (carbonate)
Geology comments: Black shale with scattered limestone nodules
Taphonomy
Collection methods and comments
Collection excludes:some macrofossils
Reason for describing collection:biostratigraphic analysis
Taxonomic list comments:Several biostratigraphic articles each focusing on a single taxon (graptolites and trilobites)
Metadata
Database number:3179
Authorizer:A. Miller Enterer:P. Novack-Gottshall
Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:1999-07-27 14:13:24 Last modified:1999-07-27 17:13:24
Access level:the public Released:2000-11-20 13:53:18
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

116. W. B. N. Berry. 1964. The Middle Ordovician of the Oslo region, Norway, 16. Graptolites of the Ogygiocaris Series. Norsk Geologiske Tidsskrift 4:61-170 [A. Miller/P. Novack-Gottshall/A. Clement]