Fjacka Shale assemblage, Ostergotland, Sweden (Ordovician to of Sweden)

Where: Sweden (58.0° N, 15.0° E: paleocoordinates 32.9° S, 6.7° W)

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Fjacka Shale Formation, Actonian to Actonian (454.0 - 449.5 Ma)

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified, black shale

• Black shale

Primary reference: P. M. Sheehan. 1977. Swedish Late Ordovician marine benthic assemblages and their bearing on brachiopod biogeography. In J. Grey and A. J. Boucot (eds.), Historical biogeography, plate tectonics, and the changing environment 61-73 [A. Miller/P. Novack-Gottshall/A. Clement]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 2772: authorized by Arnold Miller, entered by Phil Novack-Gottshall on 18.07.1999

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Taxonomic list

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Rhynchonellata
 Orthida - Draboviidae
? Draborthis sp., Drabovia sp.
? Draborthis sp. Marek and Havlíček 1967
originally entered as "Draborthis? sp."
Drabovia sp. Havlicek 1950
Strophomenata
 Strophomenida - Aegiromenidae
Sericoidea sp.
Sericoidea sp. Lindström 1953
Pterobranchia
 Graptoloidea - Diplograptidae
Diplograptus sp., Orthograptus sp.
Diplograptus sp. graptolite
Orthograptus sp. Lapworth 1873 graptolite
 Graptoloidea - Climacograptidae
Climacograptus sp.
Climacograptus sp. Hall 1865 climacograptid
 Graptoloidea - Dicranograptidae
Dicellograptus sp.
Dicellograptus sp. Hopkinson 1871 graptolite