The 'Orsten'-More than a Cambrian Konservat-Lagerstätte yielding exceptional preservation
In several areas of southern Sweden, limestone nodules, locally called Orsten occur within bituminous alum shales. These shales and nodules were deposited under dysoxic conditions at the bottom of what was most likely a shallow sea during the late Middle to Upper Cambrian (ca. 500 million years ago)...
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| Format: | Journal article |
| Language: | English |
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2006
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