Elnes Fm., Helskjer Mbr., Oslo region, Norway: Early/Lower Llanvirn, Norway

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Trilobita - Trinucleida - Raphiophoridae
Ampyx sp. (Dalman 1827)
original and current combination Asaphus (Ampyx)
Trilobita - Trinucleida - Trinucleidae
? Botrioides sp. Stetson 1927
originally entered as "Botrioides? sp."
Trilobita - Asaphida - Asaphidae
Niobe sp. Angelin 1851
Pseudobasilicus sp. Reed 1930
Asaphus sp. Brongniart 1822
Ogmasaphus sp. Jaanusson 1953
Ogygiocaris sp. Angelin 1854
Megistaspis sp. Jaanusson 1956
Trilobita - Asaphida - Nileidae
? Nileus sp. Dalman 1827
originally entered as "Nileus? sp."
Trilobita - Lichida - Lichidae
Metopolichas sp. (Gürich 1901)
original and current combination Lichas (Metopolichas)
Trilobita - Corynexochida - Styginidae
Bronteopsis sp. Nicholson and Etheridge 1879
Turgicephalus sp. Fortey 1980
spelled with current rank as Raymondaspis (Turgicephalus)
Trilobita - Corynexochida - Illaenidae
Illaenus sp. Dalman 1827
Trilobita - Phacopida - Pterygometopidae
Pterygometopus sp. Schmidt 1881
Trilobita - Phacopida - Encrinuridae
Cybelurus sp. Levitsky 1962
Trilobita - Phacopida - Cheiruridae
Cyrtometopus sp. Angelin 1854
Trilobita - Phacopida - Pliomeridae
Pliomera sp. Angelin 1845
Trilobita - Proetida - Telephinidae
Carolinites sp. Kobayashi 1940
Telephina sp. Marek 1952
Trilobita - Harpetida - Harpetidae
Scotoharpes sp. Lamont 1948
Agnostida - Metagnostidae
Geragnostus sp. Howell 1935
see common names

Geography
Country:Norway
Coordinates: 60.0° North, 11.0° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:34.6° South, 11.0° West
Geographic resolution:local area
Time
Period:Ordovician Epoch:Middle Ordovician
10 m.y. bin:Ordovician 2-3
*Period:Middle Ordovician *Epoch:Early/Lower Llanvirn
Key time interval:Early/Lower Llanvirn
Age range of interval:468.40000 - 461.30000 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Formation:Elnes Member:Helskjer
Stratigraphic resolution:member
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified "limestone"
Secondary lithology: "shale"
Environment:offshore shelf
Geology comments: Pale-weathering, thin-bedded limestone, nodular limestone, and dark shale
Taphonomy
Collection methods and comments
Collection excludes:some macrofossils
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Taxonomic list comments:Trilobite biostratigraphy
Metadata
Database number:3180
Authorizer:A. Miller Enterer:P. Novack-Gottshall
Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:1999-07-27 14:13:42 Last modified:1999-07-27 17:13:42
Access level:the public Released:2000-11-20 13:53:18
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

115. B. T. G. Wandas. 1983. The Middle Ordovician of the Oslo region, Norway, 33. Trilobites from the lowermost part of the Ogygiocaris Series. Norsk Geologiske Tidsskrift 63:211-267 [A. Miller/P. Novack-Gottshall/A. Clement]