Gullhögen quarry, Bestorp Fm. (Ordovician of Sweden)

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

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Dicranograptus complanatus graptolite zone, Bestorp Formation, Harju (450.5 - 443.8 Ma)

Environment/lithology: marine; lime mudstone

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 191192: authorized by Björn Kröger, entered by Björn Kröger on 15.01.2018

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Taxonomic list

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Lingulata
 Lingulida - Discinidae
Schizotreta sp.
Schizotreta sp. Kutorga 1848
 Lingulida - Obolidae
Glossellinae sp.
Glossellinae sp. Cooper 1956
 Lingulida - Paterulidae
Paterula sp.
Paterula sp. Barrande 1879
 Acrotretida - Biernatidae
"Torynelasma curvata" = Biernatia curvata
"Torynelasma curvata" = Biernatia curvata Holmer 1986
 Acrotretida - Torynelasmatidae
Acrotretella sp.
Acrotretella sp. Ireland 1961
 Acrotretida - Acrotretidae
Hisingerella tenuis
Hisingerella tenuis Holmer 1986