Western quarry of the former Ytong factory at Gronhogen, Vantlinge (Cambrian of Sweden)

Also known as Olenus Zone, Oland, Sweden - Muller 1983

Where: Öland, Sweden (56.3° N, 16.4° E: paleocoordinates 43.6° S, 20.7° W)

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Agnostus pisiformis small shelly zone, Alum Formation, Maentwrogian (501.0 - 485.4 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lithified, black, gray limestone

• anthraconitic, black or grey with whitish bands, abundantly fossiliferous limestone called orsten occurring primarily as lenses or less frequently intercalated in black shales.

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Preservation: replaced with phosphate

Collection methods: Rocks are too coarse to preserve large macrofossils (diagentically destroyed).

Primary reference: K. J. Muller. 1983. Crustacea with preserved soft parts from the Upper Cambrian of Sweden. Lethaia 16(2):93-109 [M. Patzkowsky/P. Borkow]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 9892: authorized by Mark Patzkowsky, entered by Phil Borkow on 30.01.2001

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Taxonomic list

Crustacea
 Phosphatocopida - Hesslandonidae
Hesslandona sp. Mueller 1964
 Phosphatocopida - Vestrogothiidae
 Deuteropoda -
Oelandocaris oelandica n. gen. n. sp.
Oelandocaris oelandica n. gen. n. sp. Müller 1983
1 specimen