Where: Norway (68.8° N, 15.0° E: paleocoordinates 12.2° S, 9.5° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: Steinsfjorden Formation, Sheinwoodian (433.4 - 430.5 Ma)
• Middle part of formation with age probably near Sheinwoodian/Homerian transition.
• formation-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; carbonate
Collection methods: Table 22.15 includes specimen counts.
Primary reference: B. G. Baarli, H. B. Keilen, and M. E. Johnson. 1999. Silurian communities of the Oslo Region, Norway. In A. J. Boucot and J. D. Lawson (eds.), Paleocommunities--a case study from the Silurian and Lower Devonian 327-349 [M. Foote/M. Foote/P. Wagner]more details
Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis
PaleoDB collection 14314: authorized by Michael Foote, entered by Michael Foote on 30.05.2002
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Anthozoa | |
Favosites forbesi tabulate coral | |
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Crinoidea | |
Herpetocrinus sp. Salter 1873 Sea lily | |
Bryozoa | |
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Rhynchonellata | |
Delthyris elevata Dalman 1828 | |
cf. Glassia sp. Davidson 1881 | |
Resserella canalis Sowerby 1839 | |
Microsphaeridiorhynchus ? nucula Sowerby 1839 | |
Strophomenata | |
Amphistrophiella funiculata M'Coy 1846 | |
Protomegastrophia semiglobosa Davidson 1871 | |
Strophoprion euglypha Dalman 1828 | |
"Leptaena depressa" = Leptaena (Leptaena) depressa
"Leptaena depressa" = Leptaena (Leptaena) depressa Sowerby 1824 | |
Bivalvia | |
Pteronitella retroflexa oyster | |
Gastropoda | |
"Oriostoma discors" = Poleumita discors
"Oriostoma discors" = Poleumita discors Sowerby 1814 snail | |
Ostracoda | |
"Neobeyrichia sp." = Beyrichia
"Neobeyrichia sp." = Beyrichia M'Coy 1846 ostracod | |
Herrmannina sp. Kegel 1933 ostracod | |
Trilobita | |
Encrinurus cf. punctatus Wahlenberg 1821 trilobite |