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

Where: Oslo Asker, Norway (59.8° N, 10.5° E: paleocoordinates 38.9° S, 18.5° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Sphaerophthalmus postcurrens trilobite zone, Alum Shale Formation, Furongian (497.0 - 485.4 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 190317: authorized by Björn Kröger, entered by Björn Kröger on 05.12.2017

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Taxonomic list

Trilobita
 Olenida - Olenidae
Sphaerophthalmus postcurrens Westergard 1944 trilobite
Sphaerophthalmus drytonensis Cobbold 1934 trilobite