Lanna: Billingen, Sweden
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Agnostida
- Metagnostidae
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Geragnostus explanatus
Tjernvik 1956
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Trilobita
- Phacopida
- Diaphanometopidae
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Diaphanometopus lineatus
(Angelin 1854)
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| recombined as Gyrometopus lineatus | ||||||||||
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Trilobita
- Phacopida
- Pliomeridae
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Pliomerops actinurus
(Dalman 1824)
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| recombined as Hintzeia actinura | ||||||||||
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Trilobita
- Trinucleida
- Raphiophoridae
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Ampyx cf. pater
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| original and current combination Asaphus (Ampyx) | ||||||||||
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Trilobita
- Asaphida
- Nileidae
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Varvia breviceps
(Angelin 1854)
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| abundant in the lower part of the zone | ||||||||||
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Nileus limbatus
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Symphysurus angustatus
(Sars and Boeck 1838)
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Trilobita
- Asaphida
- Cyclopygidae
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Cyclopyge gallica
Tjernvik 1956
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| recombined as Pricyclopyge gallica | ||||||||||
| in one of the upper beds only | ||||||||||
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Trilobita
- Asaphida
- Asaphidae
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Niobe emarginula
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Niobella bohlini
Tjernvik 1956
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Promegalaspides (Borogothus) stenorhachis
(Angelin 1851)
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| recombined as Promegalaspides (Borogothus) stenorachis | ||||||||||
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Megalaspides nericiensis
Wiman 1905
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Plesiomegalaspis planilimbata
(Angelin 1851)
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| recombined as Megistaspis (Paramegistaspis) planilimbata | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Sweden |
| Coordinates: | 59.2° North, 14.9° East (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 38.4° South, 11.4° West |
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map |
Time
| Period: | Ordovician | Epoch: | Early/Lower Ordovician |
| Stage: | Floian | 10 m.y. bin: | Ordovician 2 |
| Key time interval: | Billingen | Conodont zone: | Paroistodus proteus |
| Age range of interval: | 473.70000 - 469.30000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Latorp | Member: | Lower Planilimbata Limestone |
| Stratigraphic resolution: | member |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | glauconitic,phosphatic,brown,green "limestone" |
| Lithology description: Grey or brown limestone, o . S s m thick. The basal beds are rich in glauconite grains and lumps of phosphatized anthraconite . Three thin layers of greenish grey shale are found, containing the " Shumardia fauna" described by Wiman (1905) | |
| Environment: | carbonate indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils,mesofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection excludes: | some genera |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 192718 | ||
| Authorizer: | P. Wagner | Enterer: | P. Wagner |
| Modifier: | P. Wagner | ||
| Created: | 2018-04-17 00:34:21 | Last modified: | 2018-04-17 00:34:47 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2018-04-17 00:34:21 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 111. | T. E. Tjernvik. 1956. On the Early Ordovician of Sweden stratigraphy and fauna. Bulletin of the Geological Institutions of the University of Uppsala 36(6):109-284 [A. Miller/P. Novack-Gottshall/A. Clement] |