Haget trilobites, around 1.6 m above Blodläget bed: Volkhov, Sweden
collected 1947

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Trilobita - Asaphida - Asaphidae
Asaphus sp. Brongniart 1822
Megalaspis acuticauda Angelin 1854
recombined as Megistaspis (Megistaspidella) acuticauda
Ptychopyge cf. angustifrons
see common names

Geography
Country:Sweden County:Öland Island
Coordinates: 57.3° North, 17.0° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:39.5° South, 9.5° West
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Ordovician
10 m.y. bin:Ordovician 2
Key time interval:Volkhov Trilobite zone: Asaphus lepidurus
Age range of interval:469.30000 - 467.10000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Lanna
Local section:Haget Local bed:1.6 m
Stratigraphy comments: Meterage from "Blodläget" marker bed. Age and stratigraphy based on Nordlund 1989 (GFF 111:64-94) and Struresson 1986 (GFF 108:331-348).
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:glauconitic lithified "limestone"
Lithology description: grey limestone rich in glauconite
Environment:marine indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection excludes:some macrofossils
Collection methods:surface (in situ),field collection
Reason for describing collection:biostratigraphic analysis
Collection dates:1947
Metadata
Database number:188266
Authorizer:M. Hopkins Enterer:M. Hopkins
Modifier:P. Wagner Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2017-08-27 09:47:00 Last modified:2019-01-16 16:39:51
Access level:the public Released:2017-08-27 09:47:00
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]