Skyberg Farm (Lower bed) (Cambrian of Norway)

Where: Mjøsa, Norway (60.9° N, 10.8° E: paleocoordinates 40.2° S, 23.3° W)

When: Ellipsocephalus linnarssoni trilobite zone, Evjevik Member (Ringstrand Formation), Toyonian (512.9 - 510.2 Ma)

• provisional series 2, stage 4

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: shelly/skeletal, brown, silty limestone

• bioclastic, silty limestone weathering to a brown colour

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Primary reference: M. Høyberget, J. O. R. Ebbestad, B. Funke and H. A. Nakrem. 2015. The shelly fauna and biostratigraphy of the lower Cambrian (provisional series 2, stage 4) Evjevik Member, Ringstrand Formation in the Mjøsa area, Norway. Norwegian Journal of Geology 95:23-56 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 174259: authorized by Pete Wagner, entered by Pete Wagner on 07.11.2015

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Taxonomic list

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Obolellata
 Obolellida - Obolellidae
Magnicanalis rotundata
Helcionella antiqua
  - Maikhanellidae
"Helcionella antiqua" = Purella antiqua
"Helcionella antiqua" = Purella antiqua Kiær 1916
Helcionelloida
 Helcionellida - Coreospiridae
Latouchella sp.
Latouchella sp. Cobbold 1921
 Helcionellida - Stenothecidae
Stenotheca norvegica
 Helcionellida - Trenellidae
Mackinnonia puppis n. sp.
Mackinnonia puppis n. sp. Høyberget et al. 2015
Trilobita
 Redlichiida - Ellipsocephalidae
Ellipsocephalus linnarssoni, Ellipsocephalus gripi
Ellipsocephalus gripi Kautsky 1945 trilobite
 Redlichiida - Holmiidae
Kjerulfia lata, Holmia cf. lapponica, Holmia kjerulfi
Kjerulfia lata Kiaer 1917 trilobite
Holmia cf. lapponica Ahlberg and Bergström 1983 trilobite
Holmia kjerulfi Linnarsson 1871 trilobite