Eoplectodonta-Isorthis association, Solvik Fm., Oslo: Llandovery, Norway

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
Bryozoa indet. Ehrenberg 1831
4.6 %-specimens
2 species, globular (2.6%) and encrusting (2.0%)
Stenolaemata - Trepostomata
8.5 %-specimens
ramose bryozoans - originally entered as "? Trepostomata indet."
Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Sowerbyellidae
Eoplectodonta sp. Kozlowski 1929
10.8 %-specimens
Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Leptestiidae
Leangella scissa (Davidson 1871)
17.3 %-specimens
Rhynchonellata - Pentamerida - Clorindidae
1.9 %-specimens
Rhynchonellata - Atrypida - Septatrypidae
0.7 %-specimens
originally entered as "Ideospira sp."
Rhynchonellata - Atrypida - Atrypinidae
4.9 %-specimens
Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Draboviidae
1.3 %-specimens
Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Harknessellidae
Reuschella sp. Bancroft 1928
1.3 %-specimens
originally entered as "Reuchella sp."
Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Dalmanellidae
13.1 %-specimens
1.1 %-specimens
Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Dicoelosiidae
1.1 %-specimens
Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Hesperorthidae
Dolerorthis sp. Schuchert and Cooper 1931
5.7 %-specimens
Rhynchonellata - Protorthida - Skenidiidae
Skenidioides sp. Schuchert and Cooper 1931
1.2 %-specimens
Trilobita
Trilobita indet. Walch 1771
1.4 %-specimens
trilobites
Anthozoa - Rugosa
Rugosa indet. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1850
12.0 %-specimens
rugose corals
see common names

Geography
Country:Norway
Coordinates: 59.9° North, 10.8° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:18.0° South, 59.0° West (Wright 2013)
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Time
Period: Silurian Epoch: Llandovery
10 m.y. bin: Silurian 1
*Epoch:Early/Lower Llandovery
Key time interval: Llandovery
Age range of interval: 443.8 - 433.4 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Formation:Solvik Member:Myren
Stratigraphy comments: "lower Lland (oldest of set)"
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: "shale"
Environment:marine indet.
Geology comments: "sh and mudstone, open shelf env. BA5. Clorinda-Dicoelosia ecogroup, 14 samples, 1490 specimens, mean diversity= 16.3 spp."
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:paleoecologic analysis
Taxonomic list comments:"B.G. Baarli, 1987. Benthic faunal assoc. in the lower Sil. Solvik Fm., of the Oslo-Asker Dist., Norway. Lethaia 20:75-90"
Metadata
Database number:502
Authorizer:J. Sepkoski Enterer:M. Sommers
Modifier:J. Ju Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:1998-12-17 16:41:35 Last modified:2025-02-22 15:12:02
Access level:the public Released:1998-12-17 16:41:35
Creative Commons license:CC0
Reference information

Primary reference:

6160. B. G. Baarli. 1987. Benthic faunal associations in the Lower Silurian Solvik Formation of the Oslo-Asker Districts, Norway. Lethaia 20:75-90 [M. Foote/M. Foote/J. Ju]