The Sparagmite Formation is a
geologic formation
A geological formation, or simply formation, is a body of rock having a consistent set of physical characteristics ( lithology) that distinguishes it from adjacent bodies of rock, and which occupies a particular position in the layers of rock exp ...
in
Norway
Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe, the mainland territory of which comprises the western and northernmost portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula. The remote Arctic island of Jan Mayen and t ...
. It preserves
fossils
A fossil (from Classical Latin , ) is any preserved remains, impression, or trace of any once-living thing from a past geological age. Examples include bones, shells, exoskeletons, stone imprints of animals or microbes, objects preserved in ...
dating back to the
Cambrian
The Cambrian Period ( ; sometimes symbolized C with bar, Ꞓ) was the first geological period of the Paleozoic Era, and of the Phanerozoic Eon. The Cambrian lasted 53.4 million years from the end of the preceding Ediacaran Period 538.8 million ...
period.
Fossil content
The formation has provided several fossils:
[Sparagmite Formation]
at Fossilworks
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.org
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Acrothele bellapunctata''
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Ellipsocephalus nordenskjoldi''
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Helcionella subrugosa''
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Holmia grandis'', ''
H. kjerulfi''
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Kjerulfia lata''
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Marocella antiqua'', ''
M. depressa''
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Obolella rotundata'', ''
Obolella (Glyptias) favosa''
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Runcinodiscus cf. index''
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Strenuella linnarssoni'', ''
S. primaeva''
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Torellella laevigata''
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Volborthella tenuis''
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Hyolithes sp.''
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?Lingulella sp.''
See also
*
List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Norway
See also
* Lists of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Europe
** List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Denmark
** List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Scotland
See also
*Lists of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in ...
References
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Geologic formations of Norway
Cambrian Series 2
Cambrian Norway
Cambrian southern paleotemperate deposits
Sandstone formations
Shale formations
Paleontology in Norway