Where: Sweden (57.3° N, 17.0° E)
• Paleocoordinates: 27.3° S, 68.3° W (Wright 2013)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Asaphus lepidurus trilobite zone, Lanna Formation, Volkhov (471.3 - 469.1 Ma)
• Meterage from "Blodläget" marker bed. Age and stratigraphy based on Nordlund 1989 (GFF 111:64-94) and Struresson 1986 (GFF 108:331-348).
Environment/lithology: marine; lithified, glauconitic limestone
Size class: macrofossils
Collected in 1947
Collection methods: 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 188266: authorized by Melanie Hopkins, entered by Melanie Hopkins on 27.08.2017
Creative Commons license: CC0 (CC0)
Taxonomic list
Artiopoda | |
Asaphus sp., Ptychopyge cf. angustifrons, "Megalaspis acuticauda" = Megistaspis (Megistaspidella) acuticauda
Asaphus sp. Brongniart 1822 trilobite
Ptychopyge cf. angustifrons trilobite
"Megalaspis acuticauda" = Megistaspis (Megistaspidella) acuticauda Angelin 1854 trilobite |