Lower Arenig autochthonous limestones in Jamtland region, Sweden: Arenig, Sweden

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Lycophoriidae
Lycophoria sp. Lahusen 1885
Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Eoorthidae
? Apheoorthis sp. Ulrich and Cooper 1936
originally entered as "Apheoorthis? sp."
Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Plectorthidae
? Nanorthis sp. Ulrich and Cooper 1936
originally entered as "Nanorthis? sp."
Agnostida - Metagnostidae
Geragnostus sp. Howell 1935
Trilobita - Asaphida - Remopleurididae
Apatokephalus sp. Brögger 1896
Trilobita - Asaphida - Asaphidae
Plesiomegalaspis sp. (Thoral 1946)
reassigned as Kayseraspis (Plesiomegalaspis)
Lapidaria sp. Tjernvik 1956
Niobe sp. Angelin 1851
Niobella sp. Reed 1931
spelled with current rank as Niobe (Niobella)
Promegalaspides sp. WestergÄrd 1939
Trilobita - Asaphida - Nileidae
Nileus sp. Dalman 1827
Varvia sp. Tjernvik 1956
Trilobita - Asaphida - Cyclopygidae
Cyclopyge sp. Hawle and Corda 1847
Trilobita - Trinucleida - Raphiophoridae
Ampyx sp. (Dalman 1827)
original and current combination Asaphus (Ampyx)
Trilobita - Trinucleida - Alsataspididae
Falanapis sp. (Tjernvik 1956)
original and current combination Falanaspis
originally entered as "Falanaspis sp."
Trilobita - Corynexochida - Styginidae
Raymondaspis sp. Pribyl 1948
Trilobita - Phacopida - Pliomeridae
Pliomerops sp. Raymond 1905
Trilobita - Olenida - Olenidae
Saltaspis sp. Harrington and Leanza 1952
see common names

Geography
Country:Sweden
Coordinates: 63.0° North, 15.0° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:34.3° South, 8.9° West
Geographic resolution:local area
Time
Period:Ordovician
10 m.y. bin:Ordovician 2
*Period:Early/Lower Ordovician - Middle Ordovician *Epoch:Early/Lower Arenig
Key time interval:Arenig
Age range of interval:477.70000 - 468.40000 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:glauconitic,phosphatic,gray lithified "limestone"
Environment:offshore shelf
Geology comments: Grey glauconitic limestone with phosphatized anthraco inclusions
Taphonomy
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:biostratigraphic analysis
Metadata
Database number:3246
Authorizer:A. Miller Enterer:P. Novack-Gottshall
Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:1999-07-27 20:27:38 Last modified:2003-07-18 18:01:39
Access level:the public Released:2000-11-20 13:53:18
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]