Ljung quarry, erratic boulder, Alum Shale (Cambrian of Sweden)
Where: Östergötland, Sweden (58.5° N, 15.5° E)
• Paleocoordinates: 17.8° S, 93.0° W (Wright 2013)
• coordinate stated in text
When: Peltura trilobite zone, Alum Shale Formation, Cambrian (538.8 - 485.4 Ma)
Environment/lithology: deep subtidal; shale and argillaceous lime mudstone
• "found in an erratic boulder of Upper Cambrian stinkstone", in Holmer & Popov (1990)
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: L. E. Holmer and L. E. Popov. 1990. The acrotretacean brachiopod Ceratreta tanneri (Metzger) from the Upper Cambrian of Baltoscandia. Geologiska Föreningen i Stockholm Förhandlingar 112(3):249-263 [B. Kröger/B. Kröger]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 191161: authorized by Björn Kröger, entered by Björn Kröger on 12.01.2018
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Ceratreta tanneri Metzger 1922 |