Profilstranda, C. amplimarginiata fauna, Ny Friesland (Ordovician of Norway)

Where: Spitsbergen, Norway (79.9° N, 17.7° E)

• Paleocoordinates: 24.3° N, 58.0° W (Wright 2013)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Chapmanopyge amplimarginiata trilobite zone, Bassisletta Member (Kirtonryggen Formation), Tulean (481.7 - 475.3 Ma)

• "105 m from base of Bassisletta 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 189834: authorized by Björn Kröger, entered by Björn Kröger on 19.11.2017

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Taxonomic list

Artiopoda
 Proetida - Bathyuridae
Chapmanopyge amplimarginiata Billings 1859 trilobite