Where: Norway (79.8° N, 12.0° E: paleocoordinates 2.1° N, 14.2° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: Fraenkelryggen Formation, Lochkovian (419.2 - 410.8 Ma)
• "Anglaspis Horizon of Fraenkelryggen Formation"
• member-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marginal marine; sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: L. Størmer. 1934. Downtonian [Silurian] Merostomata from Spitsbergen, with remarks on the suborder Synziphosura. Skrifter - Kongelige Norske Videnskabers Selskab 1934(3):1-26 [R. Plotnick/R. Plotnick]more details
Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis
PaleoDB collection 26929: authorized by Michael Foote, entered by Michael Foote on 08.11.2002, edited by Roy Plotnick
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
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Ostracoda | |
Isochilina sp. Jones 1858 ostracod | |
Leperditia sp. Rouault 1851 ostracod | |
Bunaia heintzi Størmer 1934 | |
Euchelicerata | |
Pterygotus sp. Agassiz 1839 eurypterid "described from overlying rotundata horizon of the Ben Nevis Formation"
Pterygotus vogti Størmer 1934 eurypterid "described from overlying rotundata horizon of the Ben Nevis Formation"
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Eurypterus sp. De Kay 1825 eurypterid "described from overlying rotundata horizon of the Ben Nevis Formation"
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unclassified | |
Annelida indet. Lamarck 1809 | |
Lingulata | |
"Lingula" sp. Bruguiére 1797 | |
Bivalvia | |
"Pelecypoda indet." = Bivalvia
"Pelecypoda indet." = Bivalvia Linnaeus 1758 clam | |
Gastropoda | |
Gastropoda indet. Cuvier 1795 snail | |
Pteraspidomorpha | |
"Traquairaspis sp." = Phialaspis
"Traquairaspis sp." = Phialaspis Wills 1935 | |
Protopteraspis sp. Leriche 1924 | |
Poraspis sp. Kiaer 1932 | |
Corvaspis sp. Woodward 1934 | |
Merostomichnites sp. Packard 1900 |