Hunneberg Group Limestone Biota, Vastergotland (Ordovician to of Sweden)

Where: Sweden (58.0° N, 14.0° E: paleocoordinates 39.6° S, 13.6° W)

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Tremadocian to Tremadocian (485.4 - 470.0 Ma)

• Hunneberg Limestone Group

•JA: originally entered as Arenig, but the Hunneberg is late Tremadocian to Floian (see Männik and Viira 2012)

Environment/lithology: deep subtidal shelf; lithified, gray limestone

• Grey and dark grey limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: T. E. Tjernvik. 1956. On the Early Ordovician of Sweden stratigraphy and fauna. Bulletin of the Geological Institutions of the University of Uppsala 36(6):109-284 [A. Miller/P. Novack-Gottshall/A. Clement]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 3194: authorized by Arnold Miller, entered by Phil Novack-Gottshall on 27.07.1999, edited by Jocelyn Sessa

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Taxonomic list

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Rhynchonellata
 Orthida - Lycophoriidae
Lycophoria laevis
 Orthida - Eoorthidae
? Apheoorthis sp., ? Apheoorthis suecica n. sp.
? Apheoorthis sp. Ulrich and Cooper 1936
originally entered as "Apheoorthis? sp."
? Apheoorthis suecica n. sp. Tjernvik 1956
Artiopoda
 Agnostida - Metagnostidae
Geragnostus crassus n. sp.
Geragnostus crassus n. sp. Tjernvik 1956
Trilobita
 Olenida - Eulomidae
Euloma sp.
Euloma sp. Angelin 1854 trilobite
Euloma sp. 1 and sp. 2
 Trinucleida - Raphiophoridae
Ampyx sp.
Ampyx sp. Dalman 1827 trilobite
 Trinucleida - Alsataspididae
"Falanapis aliena n. gen. n. sp." = Falanaspis
"Falanapis aliena n. gen. n. sp." = Falanaspis trilobite
originally entered as "Falanaspis sp."
 Asaphida - Nileidae
Varvia falensis n. sp., Nileus limbatus, Symphysurus angustatus
Varvia falensis n. sp. trilobite
Nileus limbatus trilobite
Symphysurus angustatus Sars and Boeck 1838 trilobite
 Asaphida - Asaphidae
"Promegalaspides (Borogothus) stenorhachis" = Promegalaspides (Borogothus) stenorachis, Lapidaria rugosa n. gen. n. sp., Niobe incerta n. sp., Niobella bohlini n. sp., "Plesiomegalaspis planilimbata" = Megistaspis (Paramegistaspis) planilimbata, "Plesiomegalaspis heroides" = Megistaspis (Ekeraspis) heroides, Hunnebergia retusa n. gen. n. sp.
"Promegalaspides (Borogothus) stenorhachis" = Promegalaspides (Borogothus) stenorachis Angelin 1851 trilobite
Lapidaria rugosa n. gen. n. sp. Tjernvik 1956 trilobite
Niobe incerta n. sp. trilobite
Niobella bohlini n. sp. Tjernvik 1956 trilobite
"Plesiomegalaspis planilimbata" = Megistaspis (Paramegistaspis) planilimbata Angelin 1851 trilobite
"Plesiomegalaspis heroides" = Megistaspis (Ekeraspis) heroides Brøgger 1882 trilobite
Hunnebergia retusa n. gen. n. sp. trilobite