Ceratopyge Fm., Oland, Sweden: Tremadoc, Sweden

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Trilobita - Corynexochida - Leiostegiidae
Agerina praematura
Trilobita - Phacopida - Pliomeridae
"Protopliomerops" primigenius
Trilobita - Harpetida - Harpididae
Harpides sp. Beyrich 1846
Trilobita - Olenida - Olenidae
? Acerocare sp. Angelin 1954
Triarthrus angelini Linnarsson 1869
recombined as Bienvillia angelini
Trilobita - Olenida - Eulomidae
Euloma ornatum
Trilobita - Asaphida - Nileidae
? Symphysurina oriens
Symphysurus angustatus (Sars and Boeck 1838)
Varvia longicauda
Nileus limbatus
Trilobita - Asaphida - Cyclopygidae
Cyclopyge latifrons n. sp.
Trilobita - Asaphida - Ceratopygidae
Ceratopyge forficula
Trilobita - Asaphida - Asaphidae
Niobe insignis
Niobella obsoleta (Linnarsson 1869)
recombined as Niobe (Niobella) obsoleta
Trilobita - Trinucleida - Alsataspididae
Orometopus elatifrons
Agnostida - Metagnostidae
Geragnostus crassus Tjernvik 1956
Lingulata - Lingulida - Elkaniidae
Broeggeria sp. Walcott 1902
Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Orthidiellidae
Eostrophomena sp. (Walcott 1905)
original and current combination Strophomena (Eostrophomena)
see common names

Geography
Country:Sweden
Coordinates: 57.0° North, 17.0° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:41.9° South, 14.1° West
Geographic resolution:local area
Time
10 m.y. bin:Cambrian-Ordovician
*Period:Ordovician *Epoch:Tremadoc
Key time interval:Tremadoc
Age range of interval:485.00000 - 477.70000 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Formation:Ceratopyge
Stratigraphic resolution:formation
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:gray lithified "shale"
Secondary lithology: "limestone"
Environment:offshore shelf
Geology comments: Dark grey shales and dark grey nodular limestone
Taphonomy
Collection methods and comments
Collection excludes:some macrofossils
Reason for describing collection:biostratigraphic analysis
Metadata
Database number:3108
Authorizer:A. Miller Enterer:P. Novack-Gottshall
Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:1999-07-25 20:58:38 Last modified:1999-07-25 23:58:38
Access level:the public Released:2000-11-20 13:53:18
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

111. T. E. Tjernvik. 1956. On the Early Ordovician of Sweden stratigraphy and fauna. Bulletin of the Geological Institutions of the University of Uppsala 36(6):109-284 [A. Miller/P. Novack-Gottshall/A. Clement]