Old quarry west of Løkkeås, Sandvika (Silurian of Norway)

Where: Oslo, Norway (59.9° N, 10.5° E: paleocoordinates 23.5° S, 8.4° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Vik Formation, Telychian (438.5 - 433.4 Ma)

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: limestone

• Not described.

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: cast

Collection methods: PMO (Riksmuseet)

Primary reference: J. S. Peel and E. L. Yochelson. 1976. Two new gastropod genera from the Lower Silurian of the Oslo Region, Norway. Norsk Geologisk Tidsskrift 56(1):15-27 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner/P. Wagner]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 49985: authorized by Pete Wagner, entered by Pete Wagner on 03.05.2005

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Taxonomic list

Gastropoda
 Murchisoniina - Loxonematidae
"Kjerulfonema quinquecincta n. gen." = Rhabdostropha quinquecincta, Loxonema sp.
"Kjerulfonema quinquecincta n. gen." = Rhabdostropha quinquecincta Kjerulf 1865 snail
type locality of M. quinquencincat, too.
Loxonema sp. Phillips 1841 snail
 Murchisoniina - Subulitidae
Subulites sp. Emmons 1842 snail
Subulites cf. attenuatus Lindström 1884 snail
 Murchisoniina - Hormotomidae
Hormotoma sp. Salter 1859 snail
 Murchisoniina - Gosseletinidae
"? Stenoloron aequilatera" = Spiroraphe aequilatera
"? Stenoloron aequilatera" = Spiroraphe aequilatera Wahlenberg 1821 snail
 Cyrtoneritida - Orthonychiidae
"Platyceras (Orthonychia) cf. enorme" = Orthonychia enorme
"Platyceras (Orthonychia) cf. enorme" = Orthonychia enorme Lindström 1884 snail
 Bellerophontida - Bellerophontidae
? Prosoptychus sphaera Lindström 1884 snail
 Bellerophontida - Bucaniidae
"Bellerophon cf. squamosus" = Bucania squamosus, Boiotremus longitudinalis
"Bellerophon cf. squamosus" = Bucania squamosus Lindström 1884 snail
Boiotremus longitudinalis Lindström 1884 snail
 Euomphalina - Oriostomatidae
Oriostoma aff. angulatum Wahlenberg 1821 snail
 Euomphalina - Holopeidae
"Euomphalus cf. gotlandicus" = Pachystrophia gotlandicus
"Euomphalus cf. gotlandicus" = Pachystrophia gotlandicus Lindström 1884 snail
 Euomphalina - Euomphalidae
"? Gyronema carinata" = Poleumita octavia d'Orbigny 1850 snail
Euomphalopterus sp. Roemer 1876 snail
Kiaeromphalus kristianiensis n. gen. Peel and Yochelson 1976 snail
 Euomphalina - Platyceratidae
Platyostoma "cornutum" Hisinger 1837 snail
Platyceras (Platyceras) sp. Conrad 1840 snail
 Euomphalina - Craspedostomatidae
? Spirina sp. Kayser 1889 snail