Borghamn quarry, Alum Shale (Cambrian to of Sweden)

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

• alum shale & lenses of stinkstone

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
 Olenida - Olenidae
Rhynchonellata
 Orthida - Archaeorthidae
Archaeorthis sp. Schuchert and Cooper 1931
Lingulata
 Acrotretida - Ceratretidae
Ceratreta tanneri Metzger 1922
Hyolitha
 Hyolithida - Hyolithidae
Hyolithes sp. d'Eichwald 1840