Yxhult Quarry: Billingen, Sweden

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Rhombifera - Cheirocrinidae
Cheirocrinus sp. Eichwald 1856
Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Productorthidae
? Productorthis sp. Kozlowski 1927
Trilobita - Asaphida - Remopleurididae
? Menoparia nericiensis
Trilobita - Asaphida - Asaphidae
Plesiomegalaspis estonica Tjernvik 1956
recombined as Megistaspis (Paramegistaspis) estonica
Niobella aff. imparilimbata (Bohlin 1955)
recombined as Niobe (Niobella) imparilimbata
Trilobita - Trinucleida - Raphiophoridae
Ampyx pater
original and current combination Asaphus (Ampyx)
Ampyx obtusus Moberg and Segerberg 1906
recombined as Anisonotus obtusus
Trilobita - Harpetida - Harpididae
Harpides aff. rugosus
Trilobita - Harpetida - Harpetidae
Selenoharpes sp. Whittington 1950
synonym of Scotoharpes
Trilobita - Phacopida - Cheiruridae
? Sphaerexochus sp. Beyrich 1845
Cyrtometopus priscus n. sp. Tjernvik 1956
recombined as Ancyginaspis priscus
see common names

Geography
Country:Sweden State/province:Närne
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 Trilobite zone: Megistaspis estonica
Age range of interval:473.70000 - 469.30000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Latorp Member:Upper Planilimbata Limestone
Stratigraphic resolution:member
Stratigraphy comments: Oepikodus evae conodont zone.
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:gray,green "shale"
Lithology description: greenish grey shale.
Environment:marine 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:192903
Authorizer:P. Wagner Enterer:P. Wagner
Modifier:P. Wagner
Created:2018-04-24 22:19:03 Last modified:2018-04-24 22:48:36
Access level:the public Released:2018-04-24 22:19:03
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]