Hovedøya, 5b, SP 77 (Ordovician of Norway)

Where: Oslo, Norway (59.9° N, 10.7° E)

• Paleocoordinates: 23.4° S, 62.6° W (Wright 2013)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Normalograptus extraordinarius graptolite zone, Langøyene Formation, Hirnantian (445.2 - 443.4 Ma)

• 5b on the old Norwegian scale.

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; sandstone

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Primary reference: P. J. Brenchley and L. R. M. Cocks. 1982. Ecological associations in a regressive sequence: the latest Ordovician of the Oslo-Asker district, Norway. Palaeontology 25(4):783-815 [S. Finnegan/S. Finnegan/B. Kröger]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 159520: authorized by Björn Kröger, entered by Björn Kröger on 03.08.2014

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Taxonomic list

unclassified
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Rhynchonellata
 Orthida - Linoporellidae
 Orthida - Giraldiellidae
 Athyridida - Meristellidae
Hindella cassidea Dalman 1828
 Rhynchonellida - Trigonirhynchiidae
Thebesia scopulosa Cocks 1982