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Valhallfonna Formation, Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway

Lat/Long (Decimal)79,18
Co-ordinates Derivationestimated from map
Given LocationSpitsbergen, Norway
Mindat.org Region (for given coordinates)Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway

Collections

CollectionReferenceStratigraphic NameCommentsLithologyAge
Valhallfonna Formation, Bed-102mFortey R. A. (1975)Valhallfonna - OlenidslettaOlenid community; reduced oxygen"limestone"478.6 - 466 Ma
Ordovician
Valhallfonna Formation, Bed-103mFortey R. A. (1975)Valhallfonna - OlenidslettaOlenid community"limestone"478.6 - 466 Ma
Ordovician
Valhallfonna Formation, Bed-122mFortey R. A. (1975)Valhallfonna - OlenidslettaOlenid community; reduced oxygen"limestone"478.6 - 466 Ma
Ordovician
Valhallfonna Formation, Bed-3Fortey R. A. (1975)Valhallfonna - OlenidslettaNileid community"limestone"478.6 - 466 Ma
Ordovician
Valhallfonna Formation, Bed-98mFortey R. A. (1975)Valhallfonna - OlenidslettaNileid community"limestone"478.6 - 466 Ma
Ordovician

Recorded Fossils

Accepted NameHierarchyAge
Ostracoda
class
Animalia : Arthropoda : Ostracoda478.6 - 466 Ma
Ordovician
Micragnostus sp.
genus
Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Agnostida : Agnostidae : Micragnostus478.6 - 466 Ma
Ordovician
Nileidae
genus
Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Asaphida : Nileidae : Nileidae478.6 - 466 Ma
Ordovician
Nileus sp.
genus
Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Asaphida : Nileidae : Nileus478.6 - 466 Ma
Ordovician
Ampyx sp.
genus
Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Asaphida : Raphiophoridae : Ampyx478.6 - 466 Ma
Ordovician
Ampyxina sp.
genus
Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Asaphida : Raphiophoridae : Ampyxina478.6 - 466 Ma
Ordovician
Endymionia sp.
genus
Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Asaphida : Endymioniidae : Endymionia478.6 - 466 Ma
Ordovician
Remopleurididae
family
Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Asaphida : Richardsonellidae : Remopleurididae478.6 - 466 Ma
Ordovician
Raymondaspis sp.
genus
Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Corynexochida : Styginidae : Raymondaspis478.6 - 466 Ma
Ordovician
Bienvillia sp.
genus
Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Ptychopariida : Olenidae : Bienvillia478.6 - 466 Ma
Ordovician
Hypermecaspis sp.
genus
Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Ptychopariida : Olenidae : Hypermecaspis478.6 - 466 Ma
Ordovician
Svalbardites sp.
genus
Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Ptychopariida : Olenidae : Svalbardites478.6 - 466 Ma
Ordovician
Triarthrus sp.
genus
Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Ptychopariida : Olenidae : Triarthrus478.6 - 466 Ma
Ordovician
Cybelurus sp.
genus
Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Phacopida : Encrinuridae : Cybelurus478.6 - 466 Ma
Ordovician
Carolinites sp.
genus
Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Ptychopariida : Komaspididae : Carolinites478.6 - 466 Ma
Ordovician
Ptychopariida
order
Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Ptychopariida478.6 - 466 Ma
Ordovician
Shumardia sp.
genus
Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Ptychopariida : Shumardiidae : Shumardia478.6 - 466 Ma
Ordovician
Brachiopoda
phylum
Animalia : Brachiopoda478.6 - 466 Ma
Ordovician
Lingulata
class
Animalia : Brachiopoda : Lingulata478.6 - 466 Ma
Ordovician
Acrotretidae
family
Animalia : Brachiopoda : Lingulata : Acrotretida : Acrotretidae478.6 - 466 Ma
Ordovician
Gastropoda
class
Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda478.6 - 466 Ma
Ordovician

References

Fortey R. A. (1975) Early Ordovician trilobite communities, Fossils and Strata 4, 339-360
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