Where: Sweden (57.1° N, 16.9° E: paleocoordinates 38.4° S, 8.3° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Asaphus expansus trilobite zone, Holen Formation, Kunda (469.2 - 464.3 Ma)
• Bed "c" of Bohlin 1949. Age and stratigraphy based on Nordlund 1989 (GFF 111:64-94) and Struresson 1986 (GFF 108:331-348).
Environment/lithology: marine; poorly lithified, glauconitic, green marl
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: surface (float), surface (in situ),
Primary reference: B. Bohlin. 1949. The Asaphus Limestone in northernmost Ă–land. Bulletin of the Geological Institution of the University of Uppsala 33:529-570 [M. Hopkins/M. Hopkins]more details
Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis
PaleoDB collection 188217: authorized by Melanie Hopkins, entered by Melanie Hopkins on 25.08.2017
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Stenolaemata | |
Monticulipora sp. d'Orbigny 1850 | |
Rhynchonellata | |
Orthis callactis Dalman 1827 | |
Lycophoria nucella Dalman 1828 | |
Strophomenata | |
Antigonambonites sp. Opik 1934 | |
Craniata | |
Pseudocrania sp. M'Coy 1851 | |
Trilobita | |
Ampyx cf. nasutus Dalman 1827 trilobite | |
Ptychopyge cf. angustifrons, Niobe sp., Asaphus expansus, Asaphus cf. raniceps, "Megalaspis acuticauda" = Megistaspis (Megistaspidella) acuticauda
Ptychopyge cf. angustifrons trilobite
Niobe sp. Angelin 1851 trilobite
Asaphus expansus Wahlenberg 1821 trilobite
Asaphus cf. raniceps Dalman 1827 trilobite
"Megalaspis acuticauda" = Megistaspis (Megistaspidella) acuticauda Angelin 1854 trilobite | |
Symphysurus palpebrosus Barrande 1852 trilobite | |
? Conolichas oelandicus, "Lichas erici" = Metopolichas erici, "Lichas aff. celorrhin" = Metopolichas celorrhin, Lichas platyrhinus
? Conolichas oelandicus trilobite
"Lichas erici" = Metopolichas erici Warburg 1939 trilobite
"Lichas aff. celorrhin" = Metopolichas celorrhin Angelin 1854 trilobite
Lichas platyrhinus Schmidt 1907 trilobite | |
Illaenus ? esmarcki trilobite | |
Pterygometopus sp. Schmidt 1881 trilobite | |
Cyrtometopus clavifrons Dalman 1827 trilobite | |
Megalaspis hyorrhina | |
"Megalaspis cf. hyorrhina" = Rhinoferus hyorrhinus
"Megalaspis cf. hyorrhina" = Rhinoferus hyorrhinus Leuchtenberg 1843 |