Jerrestad Shale assemblage, Skane, Sweden (Ordovician of Sweden)

Where: Sweden (56.0° N, 14.0° E: paleocoordinates 32.9° S, 6.4° W)

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Jerrestad Shale Formation, Pusgillian (449.5 - 449.2 Ma)

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified, black, gray, green shale

• Alternating bands of black, green, and grey shale

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 2773: authorized by Arnold Miller, entered by Phil Novack-Gottshall on 18.07.1999

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Taxonomic list

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Pterobranchia
 Graptoloidea - Dicranograptidae
Dicellograptus sp.
Dicellograptus sp. Hopkinson 1871 graptolite
 Graptoloidea - Climacograptidae
Climacograptus sp.
Climacograptus sp. Hall 1865 climacograptid
 Graptoloidea - Diplograptidae
Orthograptus sp.
Orthograptus sp. Lapworth 1873 graptolite
Lingulata
 Lingulida - Paterulidae
Paterula sp.
Paterula sp. Barrande 1879
 Acrotretida - Acrotretidae
Hisingerella sp.
Hisingerella sp. Henningsmoen 1948
Strophomenata
 Strophomenida - Christianiidae
Christiania sp.
Christiania sp. Hall and Clarke 1892
 Strophomenida - Sowerbyellidae
Sowerbyella sp., Kozlowskites sp.
Sowerbyella sp. Jones 1928
Kozlowskites sp. Havlicek 1952
 Strophomenida - Leptestiidae
Leptestiina sp.
Leptestiina sp. Opik 1933
 Strophomenida - Aegiromenidae
Sericoidea sp.
Sericoidea sp. Lindström 1953
 Strophomenida - Hesperomenidae
Anoptambonites sp.
Anoptambonites sp. Williams 1962
 Strophomenida - Foliomenidae
Foliomena sp.
Foliomena sp. Havlicek 1952
Rhynchonellata
 Atrypida - Cyclospiridae
? Cyclospira sp.
? Cyclospira sp. Hall and Clarke 1893
originally entered as "Cyclospira? sp."
 Orthida - Heterorthidae
? Heterorthina sp.
? Heterorthina sp. Bancroft 1928
originally entered as "Heterorthina? sp."
 Orthida - Dalmanellidae
Dedzetina sp.
 Orthida - Glyptorthidae
Glyptorthis sp.
Glyptorthis sp. Foerste 1914
Polychaeta
 Cuniculepadida - Lepidocoleidae
Lepidocoleus sp.
Lepidocoleus sp. Faber 1886 scale worm
Ostracoda
 Hollinocopida - Euprimitiidae
Primitiella sp.
Primitiella sp. Ulrich 1894 ostracod
 Beyrichicopida - Drepanellidae
Kinnekullea sp.
Kinnekullea sp. Henningsmoen 1948 ostracod
Artiopoda
 Agnostida - Sphaeragnostidae
Sphaeragnostus sp.
Sphaeragnostus sp. Cooper and Kindle 1936
 Agnostida - Metagnostidae
Trinodus sp.
Trinodus sp. M'Coy 1846
Trilobita
 Corynexochida - Panderiidae
Panderia sp.
Panderia sp. Volborth 1863 trilobite
 Trinucleida - Raphiophoridae
Lonchodomas sp.
Lonchodomas sp. Angelin 1854 trilobite
 Trinucleida - Trinucleidae
Tretaspis sp.
Tretaspis sp. M'Coy 1849 trilobite
 Asaphida - Cyclopygidae
Cyclopyge sp.
Cyclopyge sp. Hawle and Corda 1847 trilobite