Helskjær, Helgøya, Elnes Fm. (Ordovician of Norway)

Where: Nes-Hamar, Norway (60.8° N, 11.0° E: paleocoordinates 33.3° S, 10.4° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Elnes Formation, Uhaku (459.7 - 458.0 Ma)

• "Ogygiocaris Shale 4aα 3", in Nikolaisen (1963) = Elnes Fm.

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; shale

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Primary reference: F. Nikolaisen. 1963. The Middle Ordovician of the Oslo Region, Norway 14. The trilobite family Telephinidae. Norsk Geologisk Tidsskrift 43:345-399 [B. Kröger/B. Kröger]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 191143: authorized by Björn Kröger, entered by Björn Kröger on 11.01.2018

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Taxonomic list

Trilobita
 Proetida - Telephinidae
Telephina (Telephina) intermedia Thorslund 1935 trilobite
Telephina (Telephina) bicuspis Angelin 1854 trilobite
 Asaphida - Asaphidae
Ogygiocaris sarsi Angelin 1878 trilobite
Ogygiocaris sarsi delicata