ammonites

Olenus Zone, Oland, Sweden - Muller 1983: Maentwrogian, Sweden

Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Geography
Country:Sweden County:Kalmar
Coordinates: 56.3° North, 16.4° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:43.5° South, 22.1° West
Geographic resolution:local area
Time
Period:Cambrian Epoch:Furongian
10 m.y. bin:Cambrian 4
Key time interval:Maentwrogian Zone: Agnostus pisiformis
Age range of interval:501.0 - 490.0 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:black,gray lithified "limestone"
Lithology description: anthraconitic, black or grey with whitish bands, abundantly fossiliferous limestone called orsten occurring primarily as lenses or less frequently intercalated in black shales.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:replaced with phosphate
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:field collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Collection method comments: Rocks are too coarse to preserve large macrofossils (diagentically destroyed).
Metadata
Database number:9892
Authorizer:M. Patzkowsky Enterer:P. Borkow
Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2001-01-30 12:01:00 Last modified:2001-06-19 11:04:52
Access level:the public Released:2001-01-30 12:01:00
Reference information
Primary reference:
860 K. J. Muller. 1983. Crustacea with preserved soft parts from the Upper Cambrian of Sweden. Lethaia 16(2):93-109 [M. Patzkowsky/P. Borkow]