East of the houses of the property Ritland in Hjelmeland district: Amgan, Norway
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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unclassified
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Problematicum indet.
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Agnostida
- Peronopsidae
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Peronopsis fallax
(Linnarsson 1869)
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Trilobita
- Ptychopariida
- Ptychopariidae
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Ptychoparia anderseni
Henningsmoen 1952
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Trilobita
- Redlichiida
- Paradoxididae
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Paradoxides pinus
Westergard 1936
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Paradoxides oelandicus
Sjögren 1872
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Hyolithida
- Hyolithidae
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Hyolithes obesus
Holm 1893
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Orthothecida
- Orthothecidae
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Orthotheca teretiuscula
(Linnarsson 1877)
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Rhynchonellata
- Orthida
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Orthida indet.
Schuchert and Cooper 1932
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Lingulata
- Lingulida
- Obolidae
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Lingulella sp.
Salter 1866
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Lingulata
- Lingulida
- Acrothelidae
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Acrothele (Redlichella) granulata
(Linnarsson 1876)
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Lingulata
- Acrotretida
- Acrotretidae
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Acrotreta socialis
Seebach 1865
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Coeloscleritophora
- Chancelloriida
- Chancelloriidae
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Chancelloria sp.
Walcott 1920
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Hexactinellida
- Reticulosa
- Protospongiidae
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Protospongia sp.
Salter 1864
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Geography
| Country: | Norway | State/province: | Rogaland | County: | Hjelmeland |
| Coordinates: | 59.3° North, 6.3° East (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 37.8° South, 24.5° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Cambrian | ||
| 10 m.y. bin: | Cambrian 3 | ||
| Key time interval: | Amgan | Trilobite zone: | Acadoparadoxides oelandicus |
| Age range of interval: | 510.00000 - 504.50000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: Listed as Lower to Middle Cambrian, Paradoxides (=Eccaparadoxides?) oelandicus age | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | poorly lithified "shale" |
| Lithology description: Dark, gray-streaked shale | |
| Environment: | offshore shelf |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils,mesofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | biostratigraphic analysis |
| Collection method comments: Full fauna from one mountainside outcrop, but with 30-60 m of stratigraphic sampling, including some loose blocks | |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Was: Paradoxides zone, Norway | ||
| Database number: | 76545 | ||
| Authorizer: | P. Novack-Gottshall | Enterer: | P. Hearn |
| Modifier: | P. Wagner | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2007-11-23 09:43:45 | Last modified: | 2015-04-26 13:48:40 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2007-11-23 09:43:45 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 25887. | G. Henningsmoen. 1952. Early Middle Cambrian fauna from Rogaland, SW Norway. Norsk Geologisk Tiddskrift 30:13-31 [P. Novack-Gottshall/P. Hearn/B. Kröger] |