Gulhogen Formation, Bed: 21.74-22.07 (Ordovician of Sweden)

Where: Vastergotland, Sweden (58.0° N, 12.0° E: paleocoordinates 34.5° S, 9.4° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Gullhögen Formation, Llandeilo (461.1 - 458.4 Ma)

• Listed Lower Llandeilo, local series:L-Uhakuan

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: deep subtidal shelf; lithified, calcareous mudstone

• Grayish green (calcareous?) mudstone with irregular inclusions of limestone

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Primary reference: V. Jaanusson. 1965. The Viruan (Middle Ordovician) of Kinnekulle and northern Billingen, Vastergotland. Bulletin of Geological Institutions of the University of Uppsala 43(1):1-73 [A. Miller/P. Novack-Gottshall/A. Clement]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 77085: authorized by Phil Novack-Gottshall, entered by Paul Hearn on 19.12.2007

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Taxonomic list

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Trilobita
 Phacopida - Cheiruridae
Sphaerocoryphe sp.
Sphaerocoryphe sp. Angelin 1854 trilobite
Ostracoda
 Beyrichicopida - Ctenonotellidae
Steusloffia linnarssoni
Steusloffia linnarssoni Krause 1889 ostracod
 Hollinocopida - Tetradellidae
Tallinnella sp.
Tallinnella sp. Opik 1937 ostracod
 Hollinocopida - Eurychilinidae
Actinochilina sp., Laccochilina (Laccochilina) sp.
Actinochilina sp. Jaanusson 1957 ostracod
Laccochilina (Laccochilina) sp. Hessland 1949 ostracod