Hunneberg Group Dark Limestone/Shale 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 Group

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

Environment/lithology: offshore shelf; lithified, glauconitic, pyritic limestone and shale

• Dark glauconitic limestone and dark, pyritic shale

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 3195: authorized by Arnold Miller, entered by Phil Novack-Gottshall on 27.07.1999

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Taxonomic list

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Pterobranchia
 Graptoloidea - Dichograptidae
Didymograptus sp.
Didymograptus sp. McCoy 1851 graptolite
 Graptoloidea - Phyllograptidae
Phyllograptus sp., Tetragraptus sp.
Phyllograptus sp. Hall 1858 graptolite
Tetragraptus sp. Salter 1863 graptolite
Trilobita
 Corynexochida - Illaenidae
? Illaenus sp.
? Illaenus sp. Dalman 1827 trilobite
originally entered as "Illaenus? sp."
 Olenida - Olenidae
Triarthrus sp., Saltaspis sp., ? Parabolinella sp.
Triarthrus sp. Green 1832 trilobite
Saltaspis sp. Harrington and Leanza 1952 trilobite
? Parabolinella sp. Brögger 1882 trilobite
originally entered as "Parabolinella? sp."
 Asaphida - Remopleurididae
Apatokephalus sp., Remopleuridiella sp.
Apatokephalus sp. Brögger 1896 trilobite
Remopleuridiella sp. Ross 1951 trilobite
 Asaphida - Asaphidae
"Plesiomegalaspis sp." = Asaphellus, Hunnebergia sp., Megistaspis sp., Megalaspides sp., Promegalaspides sp., Lapidaria sp., Niobe sp., "Niobella sp." = Niobe (Niobella)
"Plesiomegalaspis sp." = Asaphellus Callaway 1877 trilobite
Hunnebergia sp. Tjernvik 1956 trilobite
Megistaspis sp. Jaanusson 1956 trilobite
Megalaspides sp. Brögger 1886 trilobite
Promegalaspides sp. Westergård 1939 trilobite
Lapidaria sp. Tjernvik 1956 trilobite
Niobe sp. Angelin 1851 trilobite
"Niobella sp." = Niobe (Niobella) Reed 1931 trilobite
 Asaphida - Nileidae
Varvia sp., ? Symphysurina sp., Symphysurus sp.
Varvia sp. Tjernvik 1956 trilobite
? Symphysurina sp. Ulrich 1924 trilobite
originally entered as "Symphysurina? sp."
Symphysurus sp. Goldfuss 1843 trilobite
 Ptychopariida - Shumardiidae
Shumardia sp.
Shumardia sp. Billings 1862 trilobite
 Trinucleida - Alsataspididae
"Falanapis sp." = Falanaspis, Orometopus sp.
"Falanapis sp." = Falanaspis Tjernvik 1956 trilobite
originally entered as "Falanaspis sp."
Orometopus sp. Broegger 1898 trilobite
 Phacopida - Pliomeridae
Pliomerops sp.
Pliomerops sp. Raymond 1905 trilobite
Artiopoda
 Agnostida -
Leiagnostus sp.
Leiagnostus sp. Jaekel 1909
 Agnostida - Metagnostidae
Geragnostus sp.
Geragnostus sp. Howell 1935
Malacostraca
 Archaeostraca - Ceratiocarididae
? Ceratiocaris sp.
? Ceratiocaris sp. M'Coy 1849
originally entered as "Ceratiocaris? sp."
Lingulata
 Acrotretida - Acrotretidae
Acrotreta sp.
Acrotreta sp. Kutorga 1848
 Lingulida - Elkaniidae
Broeggeria sp.
Broeggeria sp. Walcott 1902
Rhynchonellata
 Orthida - Lycophoriidae
Lycophoria sp.
Lycophoria sp. Lahusen 1885
 Orthida - Eoorthidae
? Apheoorthis sp.
? Apheoorthis sp. Ulrich and Cooper 1936
originally entered as "Apheoorthis? sp."
 Orthida - Plectorthidae
? Nanorthis sp.
? Nanorthis sp. Ulrich and Cooper 1936
originally entered as "Nanorthis? sp."
 Protorthida - Protorthidae
? Protorthis sp.
? Protorthis sp.
originally entered as "Protorthis? sp."