Where: Norway (60.7° N, 11.0° E: paleocoordinates 28.8° S, 9.0° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Bergevika Member (Mjøsa Formation), Katian (453.0 - 445.2 Ma)
• The age of the Mjøsa Formation has recently been refined to span the late Sandbian-Katian stages of the Late Ordovician based on δ13C chemostratigraphy.
Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; limestone
Size classes: mesofossils, microfossils
Primary reference: A. Ernst and H. A. Nakrem. 2011. Stenolaemate bryozoans from the Mjøsa Formation (Late Ordovician, Katian) of Helgøya (Mjøsa), southern Norway. Norwegian Journal of Geology 91:163-180 [W. Kiessling/M. Krause]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 144636: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Mihaela Krause on 14.05.2013
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Rhodophyceae | |
Solenopora sp. Dybowski 1877 | |
unclassified | |
Cnidaria indet. Hatschek 1888 | |
Stromatoporoidea | |
Stromatoporoidea indet. stromatoporoid sponge | |
Brachiopoda | |
Brachiopoda indet. Cuvier 1805 | |
Stenolaemata | |
Esthoniopora subsphaerica Bassler 1911 | |
Hemiphragma batheri Bassler 1911 | |
Eridotrypa suecica Brood 1978 | |
Trilobita | |
Trilobita indet. Walch 1771 trilobite |