Where: Dalarna, Sweden (61.0° N, 15.2° E: paleocoordinates 26.0° S, 6.8° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Normalograptus extraordinarius- N. persculptus graptolite zone, Glisstjärn Formation, Hirnantian (445.2 - 443.4 Ma)
Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; shelly/skeletal, gray, calcareous rudstone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: original aragonite, replaced with calcite
Primary reference: B. Kröger, J. O. R. Ebbestad, and A. E. S. Högström Frisk. 2011. Mass concentration of Hirnantian cephalopods from the Siljan District, Sweden; taxonomy, palaeoecology and palaeobiogeographic relationships. Fossil Record 14(1):35-53 [B. Kröger/B. Kröger]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 101023: authorized by Björn Kröger, entered by Björn Kröger on 15.12.2010
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Taxonomic list
Rhynchonellata | |
Clorilamnulella osmundsbergensis Rasmussen et al. 2010 | |
Cephalopoda | |
Retizitteloceras rarum, "Beloitoceras heterocurvatum" = Richardsonoceras sinuososeptatum
Retizitteloceras rarum Kröger et al. 2011
"Beloitoceras heterocurvatum" = Richardsonoceras sinuososeptatum Roemer 1861 | |
Danoceras scandinavicum Strand 1934 | |
Discoceras siljanense Kröger et al. 2011 | |
Striatocycloceras foerstei Teichert 1930 | |
Isorthoceras dalecarlense Kröger et al. 2011
Isorthoceras junceum Hall 1877
Transorthoceras osmundsbergense Kröger et al. 2011 | |
Dawsonoceras gregarium Kröger et al. 2011 |