Vestfossen Railway Station, Hagastrand bed 1- 4 (Ordovician to of Norway)

Where: Eiker-Sandsvær, Norway (59.7° N, 9.9° E)

• Paleocoordinates: 19.5° S, 68.8° W (Wright 2013)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Megistaspis (Paramegistaspis) planilimbata trilobite zone, Hagastrand Member (Tøyen Formation), Tremadocian to Tremadocian (486.9 - 471.3 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lithified limestone and shale

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Primary reference: O. A. Hoel. 1999. Trilobites of the Hagastrand Member (Tøyen Formation, lowermost Arenig) from tbe Oslo Region, Norway, Part Il : Remaining non-asaphid groups. Norsk Geologisk Tidsskrift 79:259-280 [B. Kröger/B. Kröger]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 190882: authorized by Björn Kröger, entered by Björn Kröger on 20.12.2017

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Taxonomic list

Artiopoda
 Asaphida - Asaphidae
Megalaspides nericiensis Wiman 1905 trilobite
Megistaspis (Ekeraspis) heroides Brøgger 1882 trilobite
Niobe (Niobella) bohlini Tjernvik 1956 trilobite