beach section north of Djuptrekodden (Ordovician of Norway)

Where: Norway (59.8° N, 10.5° E: paleocoordinates 34.2° S, 10.9° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Glyptograptus teretiusculus graptolite zone, Hakavik Member (Elnes Formation), Llanvirn (468.0 - 458.4 Ma)

• member-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: coastal; lithified, nodular, silty, calcareous mudstone and lithified grainstone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: cast

Primary reference: H. Hansen, D. L. Bruton, and S. L. Jakobsen. 2005. Starfish from the Ordovician of the Oslo Region, Norway. Norwegian Journal of Geology 85(3):209-216 [L. Villier/L. Villier]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 94434: authorized by Loic Villier, entered by Loic Villier on 20.02.2010

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Taxonomic list

Asteroidea
 Euaxosida - Cnemidactinidae
Cnemidactis osloensis n. sp. Hansen et al. 2005 sea star