Ceratopyge Fm., Oland, Sweden ( of Sweden)

Where: Sweden (57.0° N, 17.0° E: paleocoordinates 41.9° S, 14.1° W)

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Ceratopyge Formation, Tremadoc (486.5 - 477.7 Ma)

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: offshore shelf; lithified, gray shale and limestone

• Dark grey shales and dark grey nodular limestone

Primary reference: 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]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 3108: authorized by Arnold Miller, entered by Phil Novack-Gottshall on 25.07.1999

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Taxonomic list

Rhynchonellata
 Orthida - Orthidiellidae
Eostrophomena sp. Walcott 1905
Lingulata
 Lingulida - Elkaniidae
Broeggeria sp. Walcott 1902
Trilobita
 Trinucleida - Alsataspididae
 Asaphida - Nileidae
Symphysurus angustatus Sars and Boeck 1838 trilobite
Nileus limbatus trilobite
 Asaphida - Cyclopygidae
Cyclopyge latifrons n. sp. trilobite
 Asaphida - Asaphidae
Niobe insignis trilobite
"Niobella obsoleta" = Niobe (Niobella) obsoleta Linnarsson 1869 trilobite
 Asaphida - Ceratopygidae
 Corynexochida - Leiostegiidae
 Harpetida - Harpididae
Harpides sp. Beyrich 1846 trilobite
 Phacopida - Pliomeridae
 Olenida - Eulomidae
Euloma ornatum trilobite
 Olenida - Olenidae
"Triarthrus angelini" = Bienvillia angelini, ? Acerocare sp.
"Triarthrus angelini" = Bienvillia angelini Linnarsson 1869 trilobite
? Acerocare sp. Angelin 1954 trilobite
Artiopoda
 Agnostida - Metagnostidae
Geragnostus crassus Tjernvik 1956