Kårtveitbekken, Megistaspis (Paramegistaspis) aff. estonica zone (Ordovician to of Norway)

Where: Eiker-Sandsvær, Norway (59.7° N, 9.7° E)

• Paleocoordinates: 19.4° S, 68.9° W (Wright 2013)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

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

• "Uppermost part of the Hagastrand Member, Kårtveitbekken, Krekling.", in Hoel 1999 = Megistaspis (Paramegistaspis) aff. estonica zone

• member-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: limestone and shale

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Primary reference: O. A. Hoel. 1999. Trilobites of the Hagastrand Member (Tøyen Formation, lowermost Arenig) from the Oslo Region, Norway, Part 1: Asaphidae. Norsk Geologisk Tidsskrift 79:179-204 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner/B. Kröger]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 190984: authorized by Björn Kröger, entered by Björn Kröger on 02.01.2018

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Taxonomic list

Artiopoda
 Asaphida - Asaphidae