Dicanograptus clingani zone, unnamed fm., M. Ord., (Ordovician of Sweden)

Where: Sweden (57.8° N, 14.2° E: paleocoordinates 33.9° S, 7.5° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

When: Dicranograptus clingani zone, Caradoc (458.4 - 449.5 Ma)

• "M. Ord. Cara-M. Viru series"

Environment/lithology: marine; burrowed, pyritic shale

• "hard, noncalcareous mudstone, common pyrite, some burrows, associated with black shale. BA6. composite faunal list, 12.7 m of core."

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: R. Nilsson. 1977. A boring through Middle and Upper Ordovician strata at Koängen in western Scania, southern Sweden. Sveriges Geologiska Undersökning, Serie C 733:1-58 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner/P. Wagner]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 380: authorized by Jack Sepkoski, entered by Mike Sommers on 20.11.1998, edited by Austin Hendy

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• "Nilsson, 1977"
Pterobranchia
 Dendroidea - Dendrograptidae
Dendrograptus sp. Hall 1858 graptolite
Desmograptus sp. graptolite
 Graptoloidea - Glossograptidae
 Graptoloidea - Climacograptidae
Climacograptus sp. Hall 1865 climacograptid
3 species
 Graptoloidea - Lasiograptidae
Neurograptus sp. Elles and Wood 1908 lasiograptid
Lasiograptus sp. Lapworth 1873 lasiograptid
2 species
 Graptoloidea - Dicranograptidae
"Dicellograptus sp." = Dicellograptus, "Leptograptus sp." = Dicellograptus, Dicranograptus sp.
"Dicellograptus sp." = Dicellograptus Hopkinson 1871 graptolite
"Leptograptus sp." = Dicellograptus Hopkinson 1871 graptolite
Dicranograptus sp. Hall 1865 graptolite
 Graptoloidea - Diplograptidae
Orthograptus sp. Lapworth 1873 graptolite
2 species
Amplexograptus sp. graptolite
4 species
Diplograptus sp. graptolite
2 species
Corynoides sp. Nicholson 1867 graptolite
2 species
Stylophora
 Mitrata - Kirkocystidae
Anatifopsis sp. Barrande 1872
2 species
Gastropoda
  -
Gastropoda indet. Cuvier 1795 snail
indet. Gastropods
 Euomphalina - Euomphalidae
? Euomphalus sp. Sowerby 1814 snail
originally entered as "? Euomphalus sp."
Bivalvia
  -
Bivalvia indet. Linnaeus 1758 clam
 Modiomorphida - Modiomorphidae
? Modiolopsis sp. Hall 1847 clam
originally entered as "? Modiolopsis sp."
Cephalopoda
 Nautiloidea -
Nautiloidea indet. Agassiz 1847 nautiloid
orthocone cephalopods
Hyolitha
 Hyolithida - Hyolithidae
Hyolithidae indet. Nicholson 1889
hyolithids
Strophomenata
 Strophomenida - Aegiromenidae
Sericoidea sp. Lindström 1953
 Strophomenida - Sowerbyellidae
Sowerbyella sp. Jones 1928
Rhynchonellata
 Orthida - Dalmanellidae
Onniella sp. Bancroft 1928
Lingulata
 Lingulida - Obolidae
Obolus sp. Eichwald 1829
Leptobolus sp. Hall 1871
 Lingulida - Lingulidae
Lingula sp. Bruguiére 1797
 Lingulida - Paterulidae
Paterula sp. Barrande 1879
 Lingulida - Discinidae
Orbiculoidea sp. d'Orbigny 1847
 Lingulida - Acrothelidae
Acrothele sp. Linnarsson 1876
 Siphonotretida - Siphonotretidae
Schizambon sp. Walcott 1884
 Acrotretida - Acrotretidae
Hisingerella sp. Henningsmoen 1948
2 species
Polychaeta
  -
Polychaeta indet. Grube 1850
scolecodonts
Plumulites sp. Barrande 1872 scale worm
 Cuniculepadida - Lepidocoleidae
Lepidocoleus sp. Faber 1886 scale worm
originally entered as "Lepidocoelus sp."
Trilobita
 Asaphida - Remopleurididae
Remopleurides sp. Portlock 1843 trilobite
 Trinucleida - Raphiophoridae
Lonchodomas sp. Angelin 1854 trilobite
 Lichida -
Lichida indet. Moore 1959 trilobite
lichid
Malacostraca
 Phyllocarida -
Phyllocarida indet.
phyllocarid fragments