Osmundsberget, Boda Limestone Fm. (flank facies) (Ordovician of Sweden)

Also known as (Osmundsberg)

Where: Dalarne, Sweden (61.1° N, 15.2° E: paleocoordinates 28.3° S, 6.8° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Boda Limestone Formation, Katian (453.0 - 445.2 Ma)

• "flank facies equivalent to lower Jonstorp Fm.", in Paul and Bockelie (1983)

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; lithified limestone

• Lime grainstone; shelf carbonate mounds

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Primary reference: C. R. C. Paul and J. F. Bockelie. 1983. Evolution and Functional Morphology of the Cystoid Sphaeronites in Britain and Scandinavia. Palaeontology 26(4):687-734 [B. Kröger/B. Kröger]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 165717: authorized by Björn Kröger, entered by Björn Kröger on 27.01.2015

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Taxonomic list

 Rhombifera - Caryocystitidae
 Sphaeronitida - Sphaeronitidae
Eucystis raripunctata Angelin 1878
Eucystis angelini Regnell 1945
Sphaeronites (Peritaphros) variabilis Paul and Bockelie 1983