Bed C. Eskilslund: Kunda, Sweden
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Trilobita
- Phacopida
- Cheiruridae
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Cyrtometopus clavifrons
(Dalman 1827)
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3 specimens | ||||||
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Trilobita
- Phacopida
- Pterygometopidae
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Pterygometopus sp.
Schmidt 1881
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2 specimens | ||||||
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Trilobita
- Asaphida
- Nileidae
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Symphysurus palpebrosus
(Barrande 1852)
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1 specimen | ||||||
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Trilobita
- Asaphida
- Asaphidae
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Megalaspis acuticauda
Angelin 1854
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2 specimens | ||||||
| recombined as Megistaspis (Megistaspidella) acuticauda | |||||||
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Niobe sp.
Angelin 1851
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1 specimen | ||||||
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Ptychopyge cf. angustifrons
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3 specimens | ||||||
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Asaphus cf. raniceps
Dalman 1827
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2 specimens | ||||||
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Asaphus expansus
(Wahlenberg 1821)
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18 specimens | ||||||
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Trilobita
- Trinucleida
- Raphiophoridae
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Ampyx cf. nasutus
(Dalman 1827)
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2 specimens | ||||||
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Trilobita
- Lichida
- Lichidae
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Lichas aff. celorrhin
Angelin 1854
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1 specimen | ||||||
| recombined as Metopolichas celorrhin | |||||||
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Lichas erici
Warburg 1939
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1 specimen | ||||||
| recombined as Metopolichas erici | |||||||
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? Conolichas oelandicus
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1 specimen | ||||||
| original and current combination Lichas (Conolichas) | |||||||
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Lichas platyrhinus
Schmidt 1907
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1 specimen | ||||||
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Trilobita
- Corynexochida
- Illaenidae
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Illaenus ? esmarcki
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3 specimens | ||||||
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Rhynchonellata
- Orthida
- Lycophoriidae
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Lycophoria nucella
(Dalman 1828)
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4 specimens | ||||||
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Rhynchonellata
- Orthida
- Orthidae
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Orthis callactis
Dalman 1827
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2 specimens | ||||||
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Strophomenata
- Billingsellida
- Polytoechiidae
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Antigonambonites sp.
Opik 1934
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2 specimens | ||||||
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Craniata
- Craniida
- Craniidae
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Pseudocrania sp.
M'Coy 1851
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7 specimens | ||||||
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Stenolaemata
- Trepostomida
- Monticuliporidae
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Monticulipora sp.
d'Orbigny 1850
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3 specimens | ||||||
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unclassified
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Megalaspis cf. hyorrhina
(Leuchtenberg 1843)
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1 specimen | ||||||
| recombined as Rhinoferus hyorrhinus | |||||||
| see common names | |||||||
Geography
| Country: | Sweden | County: | Öland Island |
| Coordinates: | 57.1° North, 16.9° East (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 38.4° South, 8.3° West | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map | ||
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Ordovician | Epoch: | Middle Ordovician |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Ordovician 2-3 | ||
| Key time interval: | Kunda | Trilobite zone: | Asaphus expansus |
| Age range of interval: | 467.10000 - 462.90000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Holen | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: Bed "c" of Bohlin 1949. Age and stratigraphy based on Nordlund 1989 (GFF 111:64-94) and Struresson 1986 (GFF 108:331-348). |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | glauconitic,green poorly lithified marl |
| Lithology description: dark green soft marly limestone rich in glauconite and containing lenses of hard, lighter-colored limestone with higher percentage of CaCO3 | |
| Environment: | marine indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection excludes: | some macrofossils |
| Collection methods: | surface (float),surface (in situ),field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | biostratigraphic analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 188217 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Hopkins | Enterer: | M. Hopkins |
| Modifier: | P. Wagner | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2017-08-25 16:17:51 | Last modified: | 2018-04-12 11:08:43 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2017-08-25 16:17:51 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 63131. | B. Bohlin. 1949. The Asaphus Limestone in northernmost Öland. Bulletin of the Geological Institution of the University of Uppsala 33:529-570 [M. Hopkins/M. Hopkins] |