Koängen drill core 40.80–40.82 m (Ordovician of Sweden)

Where: Skane, Sweden (55.7° N, 13.3° E: paleocoordinates 35.6° S, 7.8° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Diplograptus foliaceus graptolite zone, Sularp Formation, Johvi (453.0 - 449.9 Ma)

• Based on Figure 2. Spinachitina cervicornis chitinozoan zone.

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: deep subtidal shelf; poorly lithified, micaceous, pyritic, gray, cherty/siliceous limestone

• Listed as Deep shelf, possibly deeper than 5

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•Given as BA 2 by Ebbestad et al. 2013

• Dark, gray, hard siliceous shale, rich in mica and pyrite, interbedded with light yellow metabentonites

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils, microfossils

Primary reference: J. O. R. Ebbestad, A. E. S. Högström, and Frisk. 2013. Gastropods and tergomyans from the Upper Ordovician (Viru–Harju) of the Fågelsång area, Scania, southern Sweden. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 11(3):295-336 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner/P. Wagner]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 164593: authorized by Pete Wagner, entered by Pete Wagner on 06.12.2014

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Taxonomic list

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Gastropoda
 Euomphalina - Lesueurillidae
Mestoronema bipatellare
Mestoronema bipatellare Koken and Perner 1925 snail