Gullhögen quarry, Holen Fm. (Ordovician of Sweden)

Where: Västergötland, Sweden (58.4° N, 13.8° E: paleocoordinates 36.9° S, 10.0° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Didymograptus artus graptolite zone, Holen Limestone Formation, Kunda (469.2 - 464.3 Ma)

Environment/lithology: marine; limestone

• thick bedded limestone

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Primary reference: L. E. Holmer. 1989. Middle Ordovician phosphatic inarticulate brachiopods from Västergötland and Dalarna, Sweden. Fossils and Strata (26)1-172 [B. Kröger/B. Kröger]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 192018: authorized by Björn Kröger, entered by Björn Kröger on 02.03.2018

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Taxonomic list

Lingulata
 Lingulida - Paterulidae
Paterula sp. Barrande 1879
 Acrotretida - Biernatidae
Biernatia sp. Holmer 1989
 Acrotretida - Acrotretidae
Conotreta mica Gorjansky 1969
 Acrotretida - Eoconulidae
Eoconulus spp. Cooper 1956
 Acrotretida - Ephippelasmatidae
Numericoma spinosa Biernat 1973
 Acrotretida - Scaphelasmatidae
Scaphelasma sp. Cooper 1956
 Acrotretida - Torynelasmatidae
Torynelasma sp. Cooper 1956