Where: Spitsbergen, Norway (79.9° N, 17.7° E: paleocoordinates 79.8° N, 17.7° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
When: Lachnostoma platypyga trilobite zone, Nordporten Member (Kirtonryggen Formation), Blackhillsian (474.9 - 470.0 Ma)
• "from 200 - 220 m of Nordporten member", in Fortey & Bruton, 2013
Environment/lithology: open shallow subtidal; calcareous limestone
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Primary reference: R. A. Fortey and D. L. Bruton. 2013. Lower Ordovician trilobites of the Kirtonryggen Formation, Spitsbergen. Fossils and Strata 59:1-116 [B. Kröger/B. Kröger]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 189839: authorized by Björn Kröger, entered by Björn Kröger on 19.11.2017
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
| Trilobita | |
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Conophrys sp. Callaway 1877 trilobite | |
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Eorobergia sp. Cooper 1953 trilobite | |
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Stenorhachis sp. Hintze and Jaanusson 1956 trilobite
Lachnostoma platypyga Fortey and Bruton 2013 trilobite | |
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Ischyrotoma sp. Raymond 1925 trilobite | |
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Benthamaspis gibberula Billings 1865 trilobite
Benthamaspis conica Fortey 1979 trilobite | |