Ostergotland detrital carbonates, Ostergotland, Sweden (Ordovician to of Sweden)

Where: Sweden (58.0° N, 15.0° E: paleocoordinates 34.6° S, 7.5° W)

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Dalby Formation, Costonian to Costonian (458.4 - 457.2 Ma)

• Probably the Dalby Fm., but not entirely sure. Same lithology of same age, in same general area.

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; lithified, gray, calcareous sandstone

• Grey, coarse, nodular calcarenite shallow shelf

Primary reference: P. M. Sheehan. 1977. Swedish Late Ordovician marine benthic assemblages and their bearing on brachiopod biogeography. In J. Grey and A. J. Boucot (eds.), Historical biogeography, plate tectonics, and the changing environment 61-73 [A. Miller/P. Novack-Gottshall/A. Clement]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 2766: authorized by Arnold Miller, entered by Phil Novack-Gottshall on 18.07.1999

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Taxonomic list

unclassified
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 Rhombifera - Echinosphaeritidae
Echinosphaerites sp. Wahlenberg 1818
 Rhombifera - Caryocystitidae
Heliocrinites sp. Eichwald 1840
Strophomenata
 Strophomenida - Bimuriidae
Bimuria sp. Ulrich and Cooper 1942
 Strophomenida - Grorudiidae
 Strophomenida - Sowerbyellidae
? Eoplectodonta sp. Kozlowski 1929
originally entered as "Eoplectodonta? sp."
Rhynchonellata
 Orthida - Productorthidae
Nicolella sp. Reed 1917
 Orthida - Dalmanellidae
Onniella sp. Bancroft 1928
Trilobita
 Asaphida - Remopleurididae
Remopleurides sp. Portlock 1843 trilobite
 Corynexochida - Illaenidae
Illaenus sp. Dalman 1827 trilobite
 Corynexochida - Panderiidae
Panderia sp. Volborth 1863 trilobite
 Phacopida - Cheiruridae
Sphaerocoryphe sp. Angelin 1854 trilobite
Ostracoda
 Hollinocopida - Tetradellidae
Tallinnella sp. Opik 1937 ostracod
Sigmobolbina sp. Henningsmoen 1953 ostracod
 Hollinocopida - Tvaerenellidae
Euprimites sp. Hessland 1949 ostracod
Uhakiella sp. Öpik 1937 ostracod
 Hollinocopida - Oepikellidae
Platybolbina sp. Henningsmoen 1953 ostracod
 Hollinocopida - Eurychilinidae
Laccochilina sp. Hessland 1949 ostracod
 Beyrichicopida - Ctenonotellidae
Steusloffia sp. Ulrich and Bassler 1908 ostracod
 Palaeocopida - Leperditellidae
Conchoprimitia sp. Opik 1935 ostracod