Mösseberg, Bestorp (Ordovician of Sweden)

Where: Dalarne, Sweden (58.2° N, 13.5° E: paleocoordinates 30.8° S, 7.1° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Öglunda Limestone Member (Jonstorp Formation), Pirgu (449.5 - 445.2 Ma)

• top of D. complanatus zone

• member-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lithified limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: R. M. Owens. 1973. Ordovician Proetidae (Trilobita) from Scandinavia. Norsk Geologisk Tidsskrift 53:117-181 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 73452: authorized by Pete Wagner, entered by Pete Wagner on 15.06.2007, edited by Björn Kröger

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Taxonomic list

Rhynchonellata
 Athyridida - Meristellidae
Hindella incipiens Williams 1951
Trilobita
 Proetida - Tropidocoryphidae
Decoroproetus brevifrons Angelin 1854 trilobite