Herøy, 5a, Neuman, 1969 (Ordovician to of Norway)

Also known as Heroya, Herøya

Where: Langesund-Skien, Norway (59.1° N, 9.7° E: paleocoordinates 31.2° S, 9.8° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: 5a zone, Herøya Formation, Pusgillian to Pusgillian (449.5 - 445.2 Ma)

• "Gastropod limestone (5a)", in Toni (1975)

Environment/lithology: marine; limestone

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Primary reference: B. Neuman. 1969. Upper Ordovician Streptelasmatid Corals from Scandinavia. Publications from the Palaeontological Institution of the University of Uppsala 77:1-73 [B. Kröger/B. Kröger]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 159336: authorized by Björn Kröger, entered by Björn Kröger on 31.07.2014

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Taxonomic list

Cephalopoda
 Orthocerida - Proteoceratidae
"Geisonoceras heroyense" = Isorthoceras heroyense2
"Geisonoceras heroyense" = Isorthoceras heroyense2 Strand 1934
 Pseudorthocerida - Spyroceratidae
 Ascocerida - Ascoceratidae
 Discosorida - Cyrtogomphoceratidae
"Protophragmoceras sphynx" = Strandoceras sphinx2, Kiaeroceras heroyense2
"Protophragmoceras sphynx" = Strandoceras sphinx2 Schmidt 1858
Kiaeroceras heroyense2 Strand 1934
 Tarphycerida - Trocholitidae
Discoceras hyatti2 Strand 1934
Discoceras angulatum2 Saemann 1852
Discoceras roemeri2 Strand 1934
"Discoceras antiquissimum" = Discoceras antiquissima2 Eichwald 1842
Discoceras saemanni2 Hyatt 1894
Discoceras tubulatum2 Hyatt 1894
Bivalvia
 Cyrtodontida - Cyrtodontidae
Cyrtodonta sp.3 Billings 1858 clam
Trilobita
 Corynexochida - Styginidae
Eobronteus aff. laticauda1 Wahlenberg 1818 trilobite
Anthozoa
 Stauriida - Streptelasmatidae
Densigrewingkia pyrgoidea Neuman 1969 horn coral
Streptelasma primum Wedekind 1927 horn coral
Streptelasma eccentricum Neuman 1969 horn coral