Where: Eiker-Sandsvær, Norway (59.7° N, 9.7° E: paleocoordinates 35.8° S, 12.8° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Megistaspis limbata trilobite zone, Lysaker Member (Huk Formation), Dapingian (470.0 - 467.3 Ma)
• member-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: muddy limestone
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Collection methods: Paleontologisk Museum, University of Oslo, Norway, (PMO)
Primary reference: O. A. Hoel and M. Høyberget. 2002. The Lower Ordovician trilobite Megistaspis (Rhinoferus) hyorrhina (Leuchtenberg, 1843) in Norway, with notes on its autecology. Norsk Geologisk Tidsskrift 82:45-51 [B. Kröger/B. Kröger]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 191042: authorized by Björn Kröger, entered by Björn Kröger on 05.01.2018
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Trilobita | |
Megistaspis (Rhinoferus) hyorrhina Leuchtenberg 1843 trilobite |