Skarlov Limestone Assemblage, Oland, Sweden (Ordovician of Sweden)

Where: Sweden (57.0° N, 17.0° E: paleocoordinates 37.1° S, 7.1° W)

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Skarlov Limestone Formation, Late/Upper Llanvirn (463.5 - 460.9 Ma)

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: deep subtidal shelf; argillaceous limestone

• Soft, finely nodular red argillaceous limestone

Primary reference: V. Jaanusson. 1960. The Viruan (Middle Ordovician) of Oland. Bulletin of the Geological Institutions of the University of Uppsala 38:207-287 [A. Miller/P. Novack-Gottshall/A. Clement]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 2928: authorized by Arnold Miller, entered by Phil Novack-Gottshall on 22.07.1999

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Taxonomic list

Ostracoda
 Palaeocopida - Tvaerenellidae
Euprimites sp. Hessland 1949 ostracod
 Palaeocopida - Eurychilinidae
Chilobolbina sp. Ulrich and Bassler 1923 ostracod
Laccochilina sp. Hessland 1949 ostracod
 Palaeocopida - Ctenonotellidae
Steusloffia sp. Ulrich and Bassler 1908 ostracod
Trilobita
 Asaphida - Asaphidae
? Pseudobasilicus sp. Reed 1930 trilobite
originally entered as "Pseudobasilicus? sp."
Ogmasaphus sp. Jaanusson 1953 trilobite
 Corynexochida - Illaenidae
Illaenus sp. Dalman 1827 trilobite