Mösseberg, Bestorp (Ordovician of Sweden)

Where: Dalarne, Sweden (58.2° N, 13.5° E: paleocoordinates 32.0° S, 7.4° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Pleurograptus linearis graptolite zone, Bestorp Limestone Formation, Nabala (450.5 - 449.9 Ma)

• Nabala = sensu Bergström et al. (2011)

• member-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lime mudstone

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Primary reference: D. L. Bruton. 1966. A Revision of the Swedish Ordovician Odontopleuridae (Trilobita). Bulletin of the Geological Institutions of the University of Uppsala 67:1-40 [B. Kröger/B. Kröger/P. Wagner]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 163430: authorized by Björn Kröger, entered by Björn Kröger on 27.10.2014

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Taxonomic list

Trilobita
 Odontopleurida - Odontopleuridae
Primaspis bestorpensis Bruton 1966 trilobite
 Phacopida - Cheiruridae
Pseudosphaerexochus laticeps Linnarsson 1866 trilobite
Pseudosphaerexochus (Pseudosphaerexochus) laticeps