Stenbrottet, Megistaspis (Ekeraspis) armata Zone (Ordovician of Sweden)

Where: Västergötland, Sweden (58.1° N, 13.7° E)

• Paleocoordinates: 20.5° S, 70.0° W (Wright 2013)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Megistaspis (Ekeraspis) armata trilobite zone, Hagastrand Member (Tøyen Formation), Lancefieldian (484.3 - 474.9 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: limestone

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Primary reference: O. A. Hoel. 1999. Trilobites of the Hagastrand Member (Tøyen Formation, lowermost Arenig) from tbe Oslo Region, Norway, Part Il : Remaining non-asaphid groups. Norsk Geologisk Tidsskrift 79:259-280 [B. Kröger/B. Kröger]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 190969: authorized by Björn Kröger, entered by Björn Kröger on 02.01.2018

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Taxonomic list

Artiopoda
 Trinucleida - Alsataspididae
Falanaspis aliena Tjernvik 1956 trilobite
 Asaphida - Asaphidae
Lapidaria tenella Tjernvik 1956 trilobite
Gog sp. Fortey 1975 trilobite