Fjäcka, Moldå Fm. (Ordovician of Sweden)

Where: Dalarne, Sweden (60.9° N, 15.1° E: paleocoordinates 30.8° S, 7.1° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Moldå Formation, Oandu (457.5 - 452.0 Ma)

• "1.5-2.6m below top Macrourus limestone" (= Moldå Fm, sensu Ebbestad et al. 2007, WOGOGOB field guide)

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified limestone

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Collection methods: PMO

Primary reference: L. Hints. 1975. Ordovician brachiopods Enteletacea of the east baltic area. Eesti NSV Teaduste Akadeemia Geoloogia Institut 1-119 [B. Kröger/B. Kröger]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 161131: authorized by Björn Kröger, entered by Björn Kröger on 02.09.2014

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Taxonomic list

Strophomenata
 Strophomenida - Sowerbyellidae
Eoplectodonta sp. Kozlowski 1929
 Strophomenida - Leptestiidae
Leptestiina aff. indentata Spjeldnaes 1957
[Leptestiina identata]
Rhynchonellata
 Orthida - Orthidae
 Orthida - Productorthidae
Nicolella sp. Reed 1917
 Orthida - Hesperorthidae
Hesperorthis sp. Schuchert and Cooper 1931
Dolerorthis sp. Schuchert and Cooper 1931
Dolerorthis "sp. 2" Schuchert and Cooper 1931
 Orthida - Glyptorthidae
Glyptorthis sp. Foerste 1914
 Orthida - Platystrophiidae
Platystrophia sp., "Platystrophia aff. lynx" = Neoplatystrophia lynx
"Platystrophia aff. lynx" = Neoplatystrophia lynx Eichwald 1830
 Orthida - Dalmanellidae
 Orthida - Linoporellidae
Laticrura sp. Cooper 1956
 Protorthida - Skenidiidae
Skenidioides sp. Schuchert and Cooper 1931