Where: Östergötland, Sweden (58.4° N, 14.7° E: paleocoordinates 41.6° S, 19.1° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
When: Olenus - Peltura trilobite zone, Alum Shale Formation, Maentwrogian to Maentwrogian (497.0 - 485.4 Ma)
• "Upper Cambrian", in Holmer & Popov (1990)
• formation-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: deep subtidal; shale and argillaceous lime mudstone
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Primary reference: L. E. Holmer and L. E. Popov. 1990. The acrotretacean brachiopod Ceratreta tanneri (Metzger) from the Upper Cambrian of Baltoscandia. Geologiska Föreningen i Stockholm Förhandlingar 112(3):249-263 [B. Kröger/B. Kröger]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 191156: authorized by Björn Kröger, entered by Björn Kröger on 12.01.2018
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Taxonomic list
Trilobita | |
Leptoplastus ostrogothicus trilobite | |
Rhynchonellata | |
Archaeorthis sp. Schuchert and Cooper 1931 | |
Lingulata | |
Ceratreta tanneri Metzger 1922 | |
Hyolitha | |
Hyolithes sp. d'Eichwald 1840 |