Bestorp (Ordovician of Sweden)

Where: Dalarne, Sweden (58.2° N, 15.7° E: paleocoordinates 28.6° S, 5.6° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Tommarp Formation, Hirnantian (445.2 - 443.4 Ma)

• Dalmanitina beds

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lithified limestone

Primary reference: R. M. Owens. 1973. Ordovician Proetidae (Trilobita) from Scandinavia. Norsk Geologisk Tidsskrift 53:117-181 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 73455: authorized by Pete Wagner, entered by Pete Wagner on 15.06.2007

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Taxonomic list

Craniata
 Craniida - Craniidae
Philhedra sp. Koken 1889
 Craniopsida - Craniopsidae
Paracraniops sp. Williams 1963
Strophomenata
 Orthotetida - Triplesiidae
Cliftonia psittacina Wahlenberg 1821
 Strophomenida - Furcitellidae
Titanomena grandis Bergström 1968
 Strophomenida - Leptostrophiidae
 Strophomenida - Rafinesquinidae
Leptaena rugosa, "Leptaenopoma trifidum" = Leptaena (Leptaena) trifidum
Leptaena rugosa Dalman 1828
"Leptaenopoma trifidum" = Leptaena (Leptaena) trifidum Marek and Havlíček 1967
Rhynchonellata
 Orthida - Draboviidae
Drabovia westrogothica Bergström 1968
"Kinnella kielanae" = Kinnella medlicotti Reed 1915
[entered as Kinnella kielanane]
Draborthis caelebs Marek and Havlíček 1967
[entered as Drabovia caelebs]
 Orthida - Harknessellidae
Horderleyella fragilis Bergström 1968
 Orthida - Dalmanellidae
Dalmanella pectinoides Bergström 1968
 Orthida - Plectorthidae
"Giraldiella bella" = Giraldibella bella
"Giraldiella bella" = Giraldibella bella Bergström 1968
 Rhynchonellida - Trigonirhynchiidae
Lingulata
 Lingulida - Discinidae
Orbiculoidea concentrica Wahlenberg 1821
 Lingulida - Obolidae
Trilobita
 Proetida - Tropidocoryphidae
Decoroproetus evexus Owens 1973 trilobite