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The middle Cambrian cosmopolitan key species Lejopyge laevigata and its biozone: new data from Sweden

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 May 2006

NIKLAS AXHEIMER ,
MATS E. ERIKSSON ,
PER AHLBERG  and
ANDERS BENGTSSON
NIKLAS AXHEIMER
Affiliation:
Department of Geology, GeoBiosphere Science Centre, Lund University, Sölvegatan 12, SE-223 62 Lund, Sweden
MATS E. ERIKSSON
Affiliation:
Department of Geology, GeoBiosphere Science Centre, Lund University, Sölvegatan 12, SE-223 62 Lund, Sweden
PER AHLBERG
Affiliation:
Department of Geology, GeoBiosphere Science Centre, Lund University, Sölvegatan 12, SE-223 62 Lund, Sweden
ANDERS BENGTSSON
Affiliation:
Kronoborgsgatan 11, SE-252 22 Helsingborg, Sweden
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Abstract

The middle Cambrian Lejopyge laevigata Zone is poorly exposed in Scandinavia. Both this zone, however, and the succeeding Agnostus pisiformis Zone are well exposed at a classic locality at Gudhem, Västergötland, south-central Sweden. The sequences consist of finely laminated alum shale with scattered stinkstone (orsten) lenses. Three measured and sampled sections yielded a diverse fossil fauna, dominated by trilobites, in particular agnostoids, and the bradoriid Anabarochilina primordialis. Fossils are excellently preserved but restricted to the stinkstones. The L. laevigata Zone at Gudhem includes several geographically widespread key agnostoid species, notably Tomagnostella sulcifera, Clavagnostus spinosus, Glaberagnostus altaicus, Lejopyge laevigata and L. armata. The L. laevigata Zone in Scandinavia is here extended to include the traditional Solenopleura? brachymetopa Zone, and its lower boundary is defined by the FAD of L. laevigata. Trilobite evidence shows that the upper part of the Scandinavian L. laevigata Zone approximately correlates with the Proagnostus bulbus Zone of China and elsewhere.

Keywords

Global correlationbiostratigraphymiddle CambrianLejopyge laevigata ZoneSweden
Type
Original Article
Information
Geological Magazine , Volume 143 , Issue 4 , July 2006 , pp. 447 - 455
Copyright
© 2006 Cambridge University Press

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