Kårgärde 7.00 - 7.65 m (Ordovician of Sweden)

Where: Dalarna, Sweden (63.0° N, 14.5° E: paleocoordinates 31.0° S, 7.9° W)

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Eoplacognathus foliaceus conodont zone, Seby Limestone Formation, Lasnamagi (463.5 - 460.9 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: nodular, green, argillaceous limestone

• Thin- to medium-bedded (individual beds 5 to 10 cm thick), in the upper 15 cm somewhat nodular, variegated reddish-brown and greenish-grey limestone. In the lower 30 cm the dominant colour is reddish-brown, in the middle 20 cm grey. The latter beds contain numerous chamositic grains.

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Primary reference: V. Jaanusson. 1963. Lower and Middle Viruan (Middle Ordovician) of the Siljan district. Bulletin of Geological Institutions of the University of Uppsala 42(3):1-40 [A. Miller/P. Novack-Gottshall/A. Clement]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 192382: authorized by Pete Wagner, entered by Pete Wagner on 27.03.2018

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Taxonomic list

unclassified
  -
Cephalopoda
 Endocerida - Endoceratidae
"Endoceras" sp. Hall 1847
 Dissidocerida - Geisonoceratidae
 Orthocerida - Baltoceratidae
 Lituitida - Lituitidae
 Tarphycerida - Trocholitidae
Trocholites sp. Conrad 1838
Brachiopoda
  -
Tegulella minuta Holmer 1989
Lingulata
 Lingulida - Obolidae
 Lingulida - Paterulidae
Paterula spp. Barrande 1879
 Lingulida - Discinidae
Orbiculoideinae indet. Schuchert 1929
 Acrotretida - Scaphelasmatidae
Scaphelasma mica Popov 1975
 Acrotretida - Ephippelasmatidae
 Acrotretida - Eoconulidae
 Acrotretida - Acrotretidae
Conotreta mica Gorjansky 1969
 Acrotretida - Biernatidae
Biernatia holmi Holmer 1989
Trilobita
 Asaphida - Asaphidae
"Pseudoasaphus aciculatus" = Valdaites aciculatus Angelin 1854 trilobite
? Pseudobasilicus brachyrachis Törnquist 1884 trilobite
 Corynexochida - Illaenidae
Illaenus chiron trilobite