Macropyge (Promacropyge) scandinavica new species; the first macropyginid trilobite recorded from the Furongian of Baltica

Abstract

Macropyge(Promacropyge)scandinavicanew species is described from the FurongianPeltura minorZone on northwestern Mount Kinnekulle, southcentral Sweden. It represents the first macropyginid trilobite recorded in Baltica.M.(P.)scandinavicaclosely resembles other species of the same subgenus from southeast China, suggesting a correlation between the ScandinavianP. minorZone and theLotagnostus americanus-Hedinaspis regalisZone of China. The specimens are preserved in two limestone lithologies, interpreted as representing alternating normal and storm deposits, supporting the idea of an intrabasinal paleohigh in Västergötland, southcentral Sweden.