Leangella-Dicoelosia association: Aeronian, Norway

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Anthozoa - Rugosa
Rugosa indet. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1850
8.2 %-specimens
rugose coral
Anthozoa
Tabulata indet. (Milne-Edwards and Haime 1850)
.7 %-specimens
heliolitid coral
unclassified
Bryozoa indet. Ehrenberg 1831
2.4 %-specimens
globular bryozoans
Stenolaemata - Fenestrata
Fenestrata indet. (Elias and Condra 1957)
18.9 %-specimens
fenestrate bryozoans
Stenolaemata - Trepostomata
? Trepostomata indet. Ulrich 1882
8.5 %-specimens
ramose bryozoans - originally entered as "? Trepostomata indet."
Tentaculitida - Tentaculitidae
Tentaculites sp. von Schlotheim 1820
2.2 %-specimens
Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Sowerbyellidae
Eoplectodonta duplicata (de Sowerby and Murchison 1839)
6.3 %-specimens
Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Leptestiidae
Leangella scissa (Davidson 1871)
31.4 %-specimens
Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Leptostrophiidae
Eostropheodonta sp. Bancroft 1949
.7 %-specimens
Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Furcitellidae
Katastrophomena pen (Reed 1917)
.6 %-specimens
Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Rafinesquinidae
Leptaena haverfordensis Bancroft 1949
.4 %-specimens
Rhynchonellata - Athyridida - Meristellidae
Cryptothyrella sp. Cooper 1942
.6 %-specimens
Rhynchonellata - Atrypida - Lissatrypidae
? Meifodia sp.
2.2 %-specimens
originally entered as "? Meifodia sp."
Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Dalmanellidae
Isorthis sp. Kozlowski 1929
5.4 %-specimens
Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Dicoelosiidae
Dicoelosia osloensis Wright 1968
4.3 %-specimens
Rhynchonellata - Pentamerida - Stricklandiidae
Stricklandia lens (Sowerby 1839)
.9 %-specimens
Trilobita
Trilobita indet. Walch 1771
.7 %-specimens
trilobites
see common names

Geography
Country:Norway
Coordinates: 59.9° North, 10.8° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:25.7° South, 8.8° West
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:basin
Time
Period: Silurian Epoch: Llandovery
Stage: Aeronian 10 m.y. bin: Silurian 1
*Epoch:Early/Lower Llandovery
Key time interval: Aeronian
Age range of interval: 440.8 - 438.5 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Formation:Solvik Member:Leangen
Stratigraphy comments: "lower Lland"
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: "shale"
Environment:marine indet.
Geology comments: "sh and mudstone. open shelf env. BA5. (Clorinda-Dicoelosia ecogroup. 4 samples, 593 specimens, mean spp. diversity 15.8"
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:paleoecologic analysis
Taxonomic list comments:"Baarli, 1987"
Metadata
Database number:505
Authorizer:J. Sepkoski Enterer:M. Sommers
Modifier:J. Ju Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:1998-12-17 17:15:22 Last modified:2016-12-29 12:21:37
Access level:the public Released:1998-12-17 17:15:22
Creative Commons license:CC BY
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]