Where: Bornholm, Denmark (55.0° N, 15.0° E: paleocoordinates 43.2° S, 28.3° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Paradoxides paradoxissimus trilobite zone, Lower Alum Shale Formation, Menevian (504.5 - 499.5 Ma)

• Listed as Middle Menevian.Ptychagnostus punctuosus (and uppermost Hypagnostus parvifrons) trilobite subzones; Paradoxides paradoxissimus zone. Lower 30 cm

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; poorly lithified, gray shale

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Primary reference: V. Berg-Madsen. 1985. The Middle Cambrian of Bornholm, Denmark: A stratigraphical revision of the Lower Alum Shale and associated anthraconites. Geologiska Föreningens I Stockholm Förhandlingar 106:357-376 [P. Novack-Gottshall/P. Hearn]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 75946: authorized by Phil Novack-Gottshall, entered by Paul Hearn on 06.11.2007

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