Reef associated biota, Steinvika Limestone, Bunes Mbr, Oslo region (Ordovician to of Norway)

Also known as Reef 1398

Where: Norway (60.0° N, 11.0° E: paleocoordinates 31.6° S, 9.4° W)

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Bunes Member (Steinvika Limestone Formation), Soudleyan to Soudleyan (458.4 - 454.0 Ma)

• member-level stratigraphic resolution

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

• Reefal/bioclastic limestone with lots of skeletal debris

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 3251: authorized by Arnold Miller, entered by Phil Novack-Gottshall on 27.07.1999, edited by Wolfgang Kiessling and Pete Wagner

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Rhodophyceae
  - Solenoporaceae
Solenopora spongioides
Solenopora spongioides Dybowski 1877
Hormogoneae
 Oscillatoriales - Girvanellaceae
Girvanella problematica
Girvanella problematica Nicholson and Etheridge 1878
 Nostocales - Rivulariaceae
? Spongiostroma sp.
? Spongiostroma sp. Guerich 1906
Cyanophyceae
  - Garwoodiaceae
Hedstroemia cf. nidaroense
Stromatoporoidea
 Stromatoporoidea -
Stromatoporoidea indet.
Stromatoporoidea indet. stromatoporoid sponge
Anthozoa
 Lichenariida - Lyoporidae
Eofletcheria sp., Lyopora sp.
Eofletcheria sp. Bassler 1950 tabulate coral
Lyopora sp. Nicholson and Etheridge 1878 tabulate coral
 Stauriida - Streptelasmatidae
Streptelasma sp.
Streptelasma sp. Hall 1847 horn coral
 Cystiphyllida - Tryplasmatidae
Tryplasma sp.
Tryplasma sp. Lonsdale 1845 horn coral
Rhombifera
 Hemicosmitoida - Hemicosmitidae
Hemicosmites sp.
Hemicosmites sp. Buch 1840
 Rhombifera - Echinosphaeritidae
Echinosphaerites sp.
Echinosphaerites sp. Wahlenberg 1818
 Rhombifera - Caryocystitidae
Heliocrinites sp.
Heliocrinites sp. Eichwald 1840
 Sphaeronitida - Sphaeronitidae
Haplosphaeronis sp.
Haplosphaeronis sp. Jaekel 1926
Gastropoda
 Murchisoniina - Eotomariidae
? Eotomaria sp., Liospira sp.
? Eotomaria sp. Ulrich and Scofield 1897 snail
originally entered as "Eotomaria? sp."
Liospira sp. Ulrich and Scofield 1897 snail
 Murchisoniina - Loxonematidae
? Loxonema sp.
? Loxonema sp. Phillips 1841 snail
originally entered as "Loxonema? sp."
 Murchisoniina -
Murchisonioidea indet.
Murchisonioidea indet. Koken 1896 snail
 Murchisoniina - Hormotomidae
Hormotoma sp.
Hormotoma sp. Salter 1859 snail
Rhynchonellata
 Rhynchonellida - Trigonirhynchiidae
Rostricellula sp.
Rostricellula sp. Ulrich and Cooper 1942
 Rhynchonellida - Sphenotretidae
Dorytreta sp.
Stenolaemata
 Trepostomata - Halloporidae
Diplotrypa sp.
Diplotrypa sp. Nicholson 1879
Trilobita
 Corynexochida - Illaenidae
Stenopareia sp.
Stenopareia sp. Holm 1886 trilobite
 Phacopida - Pterygometopidae
Toxochasmops sp., Chasmops extensa
Toxochasmops sp. McNamara 1979 trilobite
Chasmops extensa Boeck 1838 trilobite