Vestanå, Boda Limestone (Ordovician of Sweden)

Also known as Västanå

Where: Sweden (61.0° N, 15.2° E: paleocoordinates 27.9° S, 6.7° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Boda Limestone Formation, Pirgu (449.5 - 445.6 Ma)

Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; limestone

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Primary reference: E. Warburg. 1925. The Trilobites of the Leptæna Limestone in Dalarne. Leptæna Limestone Trilobites 1-446 [B. Kröger/B. Kröger/M. Hopkins]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 161779: authorized by Björn Kröger, entered by Björn Kröger on 12.09.2014

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Taxonomic list

Bivalvia
 Myalinida - Ambonychiidae
Ambonychinia corrugata1 Isberg 1934 clam
Trilobita
 Lichida - Lichidae
Lichas affinis Angelin 1854 trilobite
Platylichas cicatricosus Lovén 1845 trilobite
 Corynexochida - Styginidae
"Bronteus laticauda" = Eobronteus laticauda
"Bronteus laticauda" = Eobronteus laticauda Wahlenberg 1818 trilobite
 Proetida - Rorringtoniidae
Isbergia planifrons2 Warburg 1925 trilobite
1 specimen
 Phacopida - Cheiruridae
Cheirurus sp., "Cheirurus clasoni" = Hadromeros clasonii
Cheirurus sp. Beyrich 1845 trilobite
"Cheirurus clasoni" = Hadromeros clasonii Törnquist 1905 trilobite