Bed C. Eskilslund (Ordovician of Sweden)

Where: Sweden (57.1° N, 16.9° E: paleocoordinates 38.4° S, 8.3° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Asaphus expansus trilobite zone, Holen Formation, Kunda (469.2 - 464.3 Ma)

• Bed "c" of Bohlin 1949. Age and stratigraphy based on Nordlund 1989 (GFF 111:64-94) and Struresson 1986 (GFF 108:331-348).

Environment/lithology: marine; poorly lithified, glauconitic, green marl

• dark green soft marly limestone rich in glauconite and containing lenses of hard, lighter-colored limestone with higher percentage of CaCO3

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: surface (float), surface (in situ),

Primary reference: B. Bohlin. 1949. The Asaphus Limestone in northernmost Öland. Bulletin of the Geological Institution of the University of Uppsala 33:529-570 [M. Hopkins/M. Hopkins]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 188217: authorized by Melanie Hopkins, entered by Melanie Hopkins on 25.08.2017

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Taxonomic list

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Craniata
 Craniida - Craniidae
Pseudocrania sp.
Pseudocrania sp. M'Coy 1851
Strophomenata
 Billingsellida - Polytoechiidae
Antigonambonites sp.
Rhynchonellata
 Orthida - Orthidae
Orthis callactis
Orthis callactis Dalman 1827
 Orthida - Lycophoriidae
Lycophoria nucella
Lycophoria nucella Dalman 1828
Stenolaemata
 Trepostomida - Monticuliporidae
Monticulipora sp.
Monticulipora sp. d'Orbigny 1850
Trilobita
 Corynexochida - Illaenidae
Illaenus ? esmarcki
 Lichida - Lichidae
Lichas platyrhinus, ? Conolichas oelandicus, "Lichas erici" = Metopolichas erici, "Lichas aff. celorrhin" = Metopolichas celorrhin
Lichas platyrhinus Schmidt 1907 trilobite
"Lichas erici" = Metopolichas erici Warburg 1939 trilobite
"Lichas aff. celorrhin" = Metopolichas celorrhin Angelin 1854 trilobite
 Trinucleida - Raphiophoridae
Ampyx cf. nasutus
Ampyx cf. nasutus Dalman 1827 trilobite
 Asaphida - Nileidae
Symphysurus palpebrosus
Symphysurus palpebrosus Barrande 1852 trilobite
 Asaphida - Asaphidae
Niobe sp., Asaphus expansus, Asaphus cf. raniceps, Ptychopyge cf. angustifrons, "Megalaspis acuticauda" = Megistaspis (Megistaspidella) acuticauda
Niobe sp. Angelin 1851 trilobite
Asaphus expansus Wahlenberg 1821 trilobite
Asaphus cf. raniceps Dalman 1827 trilobite
"Megalaspis acuticauda" = Megistaspis (Megistaspidella) acuticauda Angelin 1854 trilobite
 Phacopida - Cheiruridae
Cyrtometopus clavifrons
Cyrtometopus clavifrons Dalman 1827 trilobite
 Phacopida - Pterygometopidae
Pterygometopus sp.
Pterygometopus sp. Schmidt 1881 trilobite
Megalaspis hyorrhina
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"Megalaspis cf. hyorrhina" = Rhinoferus hyorrhinus
"Megalaspis cf. hyorrhina" = Rhinoferus hyorrhinus Leuchtenberg 1843