Sample 99484. Andersön B (Ordovician of Sweden)

Where: Jämtland, Sweden (63.2° N, 14.4° E: paleocoordinates 30.8° S, 7.9° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Pygodus serra conodont zone, Engervik Member (Elnes Formation), Lasnamagi (463.5 - 460.9 Ma)

• Given as "Andersö Shale". This was called "Ogygiocaris shale" in Nikolaisen (1965).

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; shale

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Primary reference: J. A. Rasmussen. 2001. Conodont biostratigraphy and taxonomy of the Ordovician shelf margin deposits in the Scandinavian Caledonides. Fossils and Strata 48:1-179 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 210655: authorized by Pete Wagner, entered by Pete Wagner on 11.06.2020

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Taxonomic list

Conodonta
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Costiconus ethingtoni Fåhræus 1966 conodont
 Protopanderodontida - Drepanoistodontidae
Drepanoistodus venustus Stauffer 1935 conodont
 Ozarkodinida -
Periodon aculeatus Hadding 1913 conodont
 Prioniodontida - Pygodontidae
Pygodus serra Hadding 1913 conodont
 Prioniodontida - Balognathidae
? Amorphognathus sp. Branson and Mehl 1933 conodont
Baltoniodus "sp. indet." Lindstrom 1971 conodont
 Prioniodontida - Polyplacognathidae
"Eoplacognathus reclinatus" = Baltoplacognathus reclinatus
"Eoplacognathus reclinatus" = Baltoplacognathus reclinatus Fåhræus 1966 conodont