Horns Udde, Obolus beds (Ordovician of Sweden)

Where: Öland, Sweden (57.2° N, 16.9° E: paleocoordinates 42.4° S, 15.5° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Varangu (485.4 - 484.5 Ma)

• "Obolus Beds"

Environment/lithology: marine; conglomerate

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Primary reference: I. Puura and L. E. Holmer. 1993. Lingulate brachiopods from the Cambrian-Ordovician boundary beds in Sweden. Geologiska Föreningens i Stockholm Förhandlingar 115(3):215-237 [B. Kröger/B. Kröger]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 191671: authorized by Björn Kröger, entered by Björn Kröger on 08.02.2018

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Taxonomic list

Lingulata
 Lingulida - Acrothelidae
Acrothele coriacea Linnarsson 1876
 Lingulida - Obolidae
Ungula ingrica Eichwald 1829
 Acrotretida - Acrotretidae
Treptotreta sp. Henderson and MacKinnon 1981
Stilpnotreta sp. Henderson and MacKinnon 1981
Paterinata
 Paterinida -
Paterinida indet. Rowell 1965