Gullhögen quarry (Ordovician of Sweden)

Also known as Was: Gullhögen quarry, Slandrom Fm.

Where: Västergötland, Sweden (58.4° N, 13.8° E: paleocoordinates 30.6° S, 7.0° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Pleurograptus linearis graptolite zone, Slandrom Formation, Harju (452.0 - 443.7 Ma)

Environment/lithology: marine; limestone and nodular mudstone

• & dark shale

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Primary reference: L. E. Holmer. 1986. Inarticulate brachiopods around the Middle-Upper Ordovician boundary in Västergötland. Geologiska Föreningen i Stockholm Förhandlingar 108(2):97-126 [B. Kröger/B. Kröger]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 191191: authorized by Björn Kröger, entered by Björn Kröger on 15.01.2018

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Taxonomic list

Lingulata
 Lingulida - Discinidae
Schizotreta sp. Kutorga 1848
 Lingulida - Obolidae
Glossellinae sp. Cooper 1956
Lingulella sp. Salter 1866
 Lingulida - Paterulidae
Paterula sp. Barrande 1879
 Siphonotretida - Siphonotretidae
Acanthambonia sp. Cooper 1956
 Acrotretida - Acrotretidae
Hisingerella sp. Henningsmoen 1948
 Acrotretida - Ephippelasmatidae
Veliseptum strictum Holmer 1986
 Acrotretida - Biernatidae
"Torynelasma curvata" = Biernatia curvata
"Torynelasma curvata" = Biernatia curvata Holmer 1986