Kakeled Quarry, Kinnekulle, Ctenopyge affinis Zone (Cambrian of Sweden)

Where: Västra Götaland, Sweden (58.6° N, 13.3° E: paleocoordinates 40.9° S, 19.0° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Ctenopyge affinis trilobite zone, Niuchehean (489.5 - 485.4 Ma)

• 2.30-2.50 m

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified limestone and lithified shale

• shallow water environment, reflecting the presence of intrabasinal highs
• stinkstone and alum shale

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: cast

Primary reference: F. Terfelt. 2003. Upper Cambrian trilobite biostratigraphy and taphonomy at Kakeled on Kinnekulle, Västergötland, Sweden. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 48(3):409-416 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taphonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 133672: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 21.09.2012

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Taxonomic list

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Trilobita
 Olenida - Olenidae
Ctenopyge cf. affinis