Ekebacken, brook section on Mt. Gerumsberget: Porkuni, Sweden

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Rhynchonellata - Athyridida - Meristellidae
Hindella incipiens (Williams 1951)
Sheehan 1977 9 specimens
Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Dalmanellidae
Dalmanella testudinaria (Dalman 1828)
3 specimens
original and current combination Orthis testudinaria
Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Draboviidae
Hirnantia sagittifera (McCoy 1851)
1 specimen
Drabovia caelebs
4 specimens
Drabovia westrogothica Bergström 1968
2 specimens
Kinnella kielanae (Temple 1965)
3 specimens
synonym of Kinnella medlicotti
[entered as Kinnella kielanane]
Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Trigonirhynchiidae
Plectothyrella crassicosta (Dalman 1828)
15 specimens
Atrypa crassicostis
Strophomenata - Orthotetida - Chilidiopsidae
Coolinia dalmani Bergström 1968
7 specimens
recombined as Fardenia (Coolinia) dalmani
Strophomenata - Orthotetida - Triplesiidae
Cliftonia psittacina (Wahlenberg 1821)
3 specimens
Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Leptostrophiidae
Aphanomena schmalenseei Bergström 1968
1 specimen
Eostropheodonta hirnantensis (M'Coy 1851)
10 specimens
see common names

Geography
Country:Sweden State/province:Dalarne County:Västergötland
Coordinates: 58.1° North, 13.7° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:29.5° South, 6.8° West
Basis of coordinate:based on political unit
Geographic resolution:local area
Time
Period:Ordovician Epoch:Late/Upper Ordovician
Stage:Hirnantian 10 m.y. bin:Ordovician 5
Key time interval:Porkuni
Age range of interval:445.20000 - 443.80000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Tommarp Member:Dalmanitina Beds
Stratigraphic resolution:member
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified "limestone"
Environment:carbonate indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection excludes:some macrofossils
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Metadata
Also known as:Bergström 1968 Locality 8. VE 274478.
Database number:153015
Authorizer:P. Wagner, B. Kröger Enterer:P. Wagner, B. Kröger
Modifier:P. Wagner Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2013-12-05 10:24:40 Last modified:2013-12-05 10:25:17
Access level:the public Released:2013-12-05 10:24:40
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

48613. J. Bergström. 1968. Upper Ordovician Brachiopods from Västergötland, Sweden. Geologica et Palaeontologica 2:1-35 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner]

Secondary references:

49365 P. Sheehan. 1977. Late Ordovician and Earliest Silurian Meristellid Brachiopods in Scandinavia. Journal of Paleontology 51(1):23-43 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner]