Bestorp, Jonstorp Fm. (Ordovician of Sweden)

Where: Västergötland, Sweden (58.2° N, 15.7° E: paleocoordinates 30.5° S, 5.8° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Jonstorp Formation, Pirgu (449.5 - 445.2 Ma)

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified limestone and marl

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Primary reference: Z. Kielan-Jaworowska, J. Bergström, and P. Ahlberg. 1991. Cheirurina (Trilobita) from the upper Ordovician of Västergötland and other regions of Sweden. Geologiska Föreningens i Stockholm Förhandlingar 113:219-244 [B. Kröger/B. Kröger]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 164836: authorized by Björn Kröger, entered by Björn Kröger on 18.12.2014

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Taxonomic list

Trilobita
 Phacopida - Encrinuridae
Atractopyge dalmani Owen and Tripp 1988 trilobite
 Phacopida - Cheiruridae
Pseudosphaerexochus laticeps Linnarsson 1866 trilobite
Artiopoda
 Agnostida - Metagnostidae
Arthrorhachis tarda Barrande 1846
Lower Jonstorp Fm.( Green Tretaspis Shale)