Ringerike, Braksoya bioherm: Sheinwoodian, Norway

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Stromatoporoidea - Clathrodictyida - Clathrodictyidae
Stromatoporoidea - Stromatoporida - Syringostromellidae
Stromatoporoidea - Actinostromatida - Actinostromatidae
see common names

Geography
Country:Norway State/province:Buskerud
Coordinates: 60.0° North, 10.2° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:9.7° South, 54.4° West (Wright 2013)
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period: Silurian Epoch: Wenlock
Stage: Sheinwoodian 10 m.y. bin: Silurian 2
Key time interval: Sheinwoodian
Age range of interval: 432.9 - 430.6 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Braksoya
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Stratigraphy comments: Early Sheinwoodian, Plectostroma norvegicum community
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified "limestone"
Lithology description: stromatoporoid bioherms
Environment:reef, buildup or bioherm
Taphonomy
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:field collection
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Metadata
Also known as:Reef 1804
Database number:79880
Authorizer:W. Kiessling Enterer:U. Merkel
Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2008-03-26 03:21:47 Last modified:2025-02-22 15:12:02
Access level:authorizer only Released:2010-01-08 10:39:56
Creative Commons license:CC0
Reference information

Primary reference:

26841. H. Nestor. 1999. Community structure and succession of Baltoscandian Early Palaeozoic stromatoporoids. Proceedings of the Estonian Academy of Sciences 48(3):123-139 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel/P. Wagner]