Bergevika, Helgöya (Ordovician to of Norway)

Also known as Reef 1400

Where: Norway (60.8° N, 11.0° E: paleocoordinates 30.9° S, 9.4° W)

• coordinate stated in text

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Bergevika Member (Mjøsa Limestone Formation), Soudleyan to Soudleyan (458.4 - 453.0 Ma)

• PJW: Originally spelled "Mjösa."

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; lithified reef rocks

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: peel or thin section,

Primary reference: T. L. Harland. 1981. Middle Ordovician reefs of Norway. Lethaia 14:169-188 [A. Miller/P. Novack-Gottshall/A. Clement]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 34844: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Wolfgang Kiessling on 07.10.2003

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Rhodophyceae
  - Solenoporaceae
Solenopora sp.
Solenopora sp. Dybowski 1877
Ulvophyceae
  -
Vermiporella sp.
Vermiporella sp. Stolley 1893
Hormogoneae
 Oscillatoriales - Girvanellaceae
Girvanella sp.
Girvanella sp. Nicholson and Etheridge 1878
Anthozoa
 Lichenariida - Lyoporidae
Lyopora sp., Eofletcheria sp.
Lyopora sp. Nicholson and Etheridge 1878 tabulate coral
Eofletcheria sp. Bassler 1950 tabulate coral
 Heliolitida - Halysitidae
? Catenipora sp.
? Catenipora sp. Lamarck 1816 tabulate coral
 Stauriida - Stauriidae
Palaeophyllum sp.
Palaeophyllum sp. Billings 1858 horn coral
Stromatoporoidea
 Stromatoporoidea -
Stromatoporoidea indet.
Stromatoporoidea indet. stromatoporoid sponge
 Labechiida - Rosenellidae
Pachystylostroma sp.
Pachystylostroma sp. Nestor 1964 stromatoporoid sponge
 Labechiida - Labechiidae
Labechia sp.
Labechia sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1851 stromatoporoid sponge
Bryozoa
  -
Bryozoa indet.
Bryozoa indet. Ehrenberg 1831
Dimorphosiphon
  - Dimorphosiphonaceae
Dimorphosiphon sp.