Kullsberg Quarry. 2nd Bed of 4 (Ordovician of Sweden)

Where: Dalarne, Sweden (60.9° N, 15.1° E: paleocoordinates 26.6° S, 6.8° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Tommarp Formation, Porkuni (445.6 - 443.7 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lithified, calcareous mudstone

• shelf carbonate mounds
• Gray, calcareous mudstone

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: V. Jaanusson. 1982. The Siljan District. In D. L. Bruton, S. H. Williams (eds.), 4th International Symposium on the Ordovician System. Field Excursion Guide 279:15-42 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner/P. Wagner]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 153092: authorized by Pete Wagner, entered by Pete Wagner on 06.12.2013

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Taxonomic list

• Originally described by Thorslund (1935)
Trilobita
 Phacopida - Calymenidae
Flexicalymene sp. Shirley 1936 trilobite
Gastropoda
 Murchisoniina - Loxonematidae
Loxonema sp. Phillips 1841 snail
Rhynchonellata
 Athyridida - Meristellidae
Hindella cf. incipiens Williams 1951
Hindella cf. crassa incipiens. (=? Hindella cassidea)
Strophomenata
 Strophomenida - Foliomenidae
Foliomena sp. Havlicek 1952
 Strophomenida - Leptestiidae
"Leangella (Leptestiina) sp." = Leptestiina
"Leangella (Leptestiina) sp." = Leptestiina Opik 1933
Anthozoa
 Stauriida - Streptelasmatidae
"Streptelasma unicum" = Fosselasma unicum
"Streptelasma unicum" = Fosselasma unicum Neuman 1975 horn coral