Gullhögen quarry, Section 3, bed 41-70 (Ordovician of Sweden)

Where: Västergötland, Sweden (58.4° N, 13.8° E: paleocoordinates 35.9° S, 9.2° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Glyptograptus teretiusculus graptolite zone, Ryd Limestone Formation, Uhaku (459.7 - 458.0 Ma)

• "Section 2, bed 3-41 - 3-70,", in Holmer (1989)

Environment/lithology: marine; limestone and fine-grained, nodular 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 192025: authorized by Björn Kröger, entered by Björn Kröger on 02.03.2018

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Taxonomic list

Lingulata
 Lingulida - Discinidae
Orbiculoideinae indet. Schuchert 1929
 Lingulida - Obolidae
Lingulella alata Holmer 1989
Lingulellinae indet. Schuchert 1893
 Siphonotretida - Siphonotretidae
 Acrotretida - Eoconulidae
 Acrotretida - Acrotretidae
Cyrtonotreta striata Holmer 1989
"Physotreta deformis" = Talasotreta deformis Holmer 1989
 Acrotretida - Ephippelasmatidae
Myotreta orensis Holmer 1989
Myotreta dalecarlica Holmer 1989
 Acrotretida - Scaphelasmatidae
Scaphelasma mica Popov 1975
 Acrotretida - Torynelasmatidae
 Acrotretida - Biernatidae
Biernatia holmi Holmer 1989