Amtjärn Quarry, Lower Macrourus Lst. (Ordovician to of Sweden)

Also known as Amtjärn

Where: Dalarne, Sweden (61.1° N, 15.2° E: paleocoordinates 30.6° S, 7.0° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Skagen Formation, Haljala to Haljala (456.8 - 453.0 Ma)

• "Unterer Teil des Macrourus Kalksteins", in Jaanusson et al. (1953)

Environment/lithology: marine; limestone

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Primary reference: V. Jaanusson. 1953. Untersuchungen über baltoskandische Asaphiden I Revision der mittelordovizischen Asaphiden des Siljan-Gebietes in Dalarna. Arkiv för Mineralogie och Geologie 1(14):377-464 [B. Kröger/B. Kröger]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 166377: authorized by Björn Kröger, entered by Björn Kröger on 11.02.2015

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Taxonomic list

Trilobita
 Asaphida - Asaphidae
Asaphus (Neoasaphus) ludibundus Törnquist 1884 trilobite