Slemmestad industrial area, S. flagellifera zone (Cambrian of Norway)

Where: Oslo Asker, Norway (59.8° N, 10.5° E)

• Paleocoordinates: 15.6° S, 74.1° W (Wright 2013)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Sphaerophthalmus flagellifera trilobite zone, Alum Shale Formation, Merioneth (497.0 - 486.9 Ma)

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; shale and limestone

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Primary reference: M. Høyberget and D. L. Bruton. 2012. Revision of the trilobite genus Sphaerophthalmus and relatives from the Furongian (Cambrian) Alum Shale Formation, Oslo Region, Norway. Norwegian Journal of Geology 92:433-450 [B. Kröger/B. Kröger]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 190290: authorized by Björn Kröger, entered by Björn Kröger on 04.12.2017

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Taxonomic list

Artiopoda
 Olenida - Olenidae
Sphaerophthalmus modestus Henningsmoen 1957 trilobite
Sphaerophthalmus flagellifer Angelin 1854 trilobite
Protopeltura praecursor Westergård 1909 trilobite