Ostbjörka, Kullsberg Formation (Ordovician to of Sweden)

Where: Dalarna, Sweden (61.0° N, 15.1° E: paleocoordinates 31.0° S, 7.1° W)

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Kullsberg Formation, Keila to Keila (460.9 - 452.0 Ma)

• Was Leptaenakalk

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; limestone

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Primary reference: E. Koken and J. Perner. 1925. Die Gastropoden des baltischen Untersilurs 1-324 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner/P. Wagner]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 155566: authorized by Pete Wagner, entered by Pete Wagner on 18.04.2014, edited by Björn Kröger

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Taxonomic list

• Only gastropods so far. However, this is a classic Swedish Ordovician collection area.
 Sphaeronitida - Sphaeronitidae
Trilobita
 Phacopida - Cheiruridae
Hemisphaerocoryphe granulata6 Angelin 1854 trilobite
 Corynexochida - Illaenidae
Illaenus gigas6, "Illaenus fallax" = Parillaenus fallax6
Illaenus gigas6 Holm 1882 trilobite
"Illaenus fallax" = Parillaenus fallax6 Holm 1882 trilobite
Bivalvia
 Myalinida - Ambonychiidae
"Ambonychinia primitiva" = Cleionychia primitiva2
"Ambonychinia primitiva" = Cleionychia primitiva2 Isberg 1934 clam
Gastropoda
 Bellerophontida - Bucaniidae
Bucania gracillima n. sp.3 Koken 1896 snail
 Euomphalina - Platyceratidae
Cyclonema inaequistriatum n. sp. Koken and Perner 1925 snail
 Euomphalina - Helicotomidae
"Euomphalus obtusangulus n. sp." = Palaeomphalus obtusangulus1
"Euomphalus obtusangulus n. sp." = Palaeomphalus obtusangulus1 Angelin and Lindström 1880 snail
 Murchisoniina - Eotomariidae
"? Euryzone dalecarlica n. sp." = Eotomaria dalecarlica4
"? Euryzone dalecarlica n. sp." = Eotomaria dalecarlica4 Koken 1897 snail
 Murchisoniina - Phanerotrematidae
"Bembexia incisa n. sp." = Brachytomaria incisa
"Bembexia incisa n. sp." = Brachytomaria incisa Koken and Perner 1925 snail
 Murchisoniina - Subulitidae
Subulites toernquisti, "Subulites (Cyrtospira) lineatus n. sp." = Cyrtospira lineatus, "Subulites (Cyrtospira) granum n. sp." = Cyrtospira granum
Subulites toernquisti Koken and Perner 1925 snail
"Subulites (Cyrtospira) lineatus n. sp." = Cyrtospira lineatus Koken and Perner 1925 snail
"Subulites (Cyrtospira) granum n. sp." = Cyrtospira granum Koken and Perner 1925 snail
 Murchisoniina - Lophospiridae
"Worthenia perfecta n. sp." = Lophospira milleri
"Worthenia perfecta n. sp." = Lophospira milleri Miller 1877 snail
 Murchisoniina - Loxonematidae
Loxonema dalecarlicum n. sp.1 Angelin and Lindström 1880 snail
Paragastropoda
 Mimospirida - Onychochilidae
"Platyceras gracile" = Laeogyra gracilis
"Platyceras gracile" = Laeogyra gracilis Koken 1897