PBDB Collection

Slite Beds Brachiopods (Silurian of Sweden)

Where: Gotland, Sweden (57.7° N, 18.8° E: paleocoordinates 21.4° S, 2.8° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Slite Beds Formation, Sheinwoodian (433.4 - 430.5 Ma)

• Correlation from Jeppsson (1983), Fossils and Strata 15:128

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: open shallow subtidal; peloidal, shelly/skeletal limestone and reef rocks

• SEP: Silurian of Gotland has been variably described as a ramp and platform. Based on my read of the literature, I think if falls best into the ramp category. From Samtleben et al. (1996). Geol. Rundsch 85:278-292; "...this unit consists of a carbonate platform with reef mounds and surrounding shoal sediments of mostly pure biodetritic and pleoidal limestones. Here slow and discontinuous accumulation of carbonate material continued in a very shallow water but under normal marine conditions....to the south and southwest the carbonate platform passes with a conspicuous slope into a deeper shelf basin where a uniform alternation of micritic limestones and marls accumulated."

•Based on information provided in this collection, it is difficult to tell which facies is represented but I have assumed that it represents the more extensive shallow subtidal facies.

• see geology

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: M. G. Bassett and L. R. M. Cocks. 1974. A review of Silurian brachiopods from Gotland. Fossils and Strata (3)1-56 [M. Foote/M. Foote/M. Foote]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 13527: authorized by Michael Foote, entered by Michael Foote on 12.04.2002, edited by Uta Merkel and Pete Wagner

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Taxonomic list

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unclassified
-	Plectrotreta lindstroemi Plectrotreta lindstroemi
Strophomenata
Orthotetida - Chilidiopsidae	Coolinia pecten Coolinia pecten Linnaeus 1758
Strophomenida -	Strophochonetes cingulatus Strophochonetes cingulatus Lindström 1861
Strophomenida - Sowerbyellidae	Eoplectodonta duvalii Eoplectodonta duvalii Davidson 1847
Strophomenida - Leptestiidae	"Leangella segmentum" = Leangella (Leangella) segmentum "Leangella segmentum" = Leangella (Leangella) segmentum Lindstrom 1861
Strophomenida - Furcitellidae	Pentlandina sp., Pentlandina lewisii², Katastrophomena (Katastrophomena) penkillensis², Katastrophomena scabrosa Pentlandina sp. Bancroft 1949 Pentlandina lewisii² Davidson 1847 subsp. lewisii Katastrophomena (Katastrophomena) penkillensis² Reed 1917 Katastrophomena scabrosa Davidson 1847
Strophomenida - Leptostrophiidae	Brachyprion sp. Brachyprion sp. Shaler 1865
Strophomenida - Amphistrophiidae	"Amphistrophia funiculata" = Amphistrophiella funiculata "Amphistrophia funiculata" = Amphistrophiella funiculata M'Coy 1846
Strophomenida - Rafinesquinidae	"Leptaena depressa" = Leptaena (Leptaena) depressa, "Leptaena depressa" = Leptaena (Leptaena) depressa¹ "Leptaena depressa" = Leptaena (Leptaena) depressa Sowerby 1824 "Leptaena depressa" = Leptaena (Leptaena) depressa¹ Sowerby 1824
Chileata
Dictyonellida - Eichwaldiidae	Dictyonella capewellii Dictyonella capewellii Davidson 1848
Rhynchonellata
Pentamerida - Parastrophinidae	Anastrophia deflexa Anastrophia deflexa Sowerby 1839
Pentamerida - Gypidulidae	Gypidula galeata Gypidula galeata Dalman 1828
Pentamerida - Clorindidae	Antirhynchonella linguifera Antirhynchonella linguifera Sowerby 1839
Pentamerida - Pentameridae	? Kirkidium sculptum, Pentamerus gothlandicus, Rhipidium tenuistriatum ? Kirkidium sculptum Lindström 1880 Pentamerus gothlandicus Lebedev 1892 Rhipidium tenuistriatum Lindström 1880
Spiriferida - Delthyrididae	Howellella elegans Howellella elegans Muir-Wood 1925
Spiriferida - Cyrtiidae	"Cyrtia exporrecta" = Cyrtia exporrectus, Striispirifer plicatellus, Eospirifer radiatus "Cyrtia exporrecta" = Cyrtia exporrectus Wahlenberg 1818 Striispirifer plicatellus Linnaeus 1758 Eospirifer radiatus Sowerby 1834 Includes Eospirifer radiatus and Eospirifer radiatus globosus
Athyridida - Meristellidae	Meristina obtusa, "Whitfieldia sp." = Meristella (Whitfieldia) Meristina obtusa Dalman 1828 "Whitfieldia sp." = Meristella (Whitfieldia) Davidson 1881
Athyridida - Nucleospiridae	Nucleospira pisum Nucleospira pisum Sowerby 1839
Atrypida - Atrypinidae	Atrypina barrandii Atrypina barrandii Davidson 1848
Atrypida - Atrypidae	Atrypa reticularis, Plectatrypa lamellosa, Plectatrypa imbricata Atrypa reticularis Linnaeus 1758 Plectatrypa lamellosa Lindström 1861 Plectatrypa imbricata Sowerby and Murchison 1839
Protorthida - Skenidiidae	Skenidioides lewisii Skenidioides lewisii Davidson 1848
Rhynchonellida - Trigonirhynchiidae	? Microsphaeridiorhynchus nucula, Rhynchotreta cuneata ? Microsphaeridiorhynchus nucula Sowerby 1839 Rhynchotreta cuneata Dalman 1828
Rhynchonellida - Machaerariidae	Ferganella borealis Ferganella borealis Buch 1834
Rhynchonellida - Rhynchotrematidae	"Ferganella diodonta" = Stegerhynchus diodontus "Ferganella diodonta" = Stegerhynchus diodontus Dalman 1828
Rhynchonellida - Camarotoechiidae	? Plagiorhyncha cordata ? Plagiorhyncha cordata Lindström 1861
Rhynchonellida - Hebetoechiidae	Sphaerirhynchia spp. Sphaerirhynchia spp. Cooper and Muir-Wood 1951
Orthida - Linoporellidae	Linoporella punctata Linoporella punctata deVerneuil 1848
Orthida - Dicoelosiidae	Dicoelosia biloba Dicoelosia biloba Linnaeus 1758
Orthida - Rhipidomellidae	Dalejina hybrida Dalejina hybrida Sowerby 1839
Orthida - Dalmanellidae	Resserella canalis, Isorthis slitensis Resserella canalis Sowerby 1839 Isorthis slitensis Walmsley 1965
Orthida - Hesperorthidae	Ptychopleurella bouchardi, Dolerorthis rustica Ptychopleurella bouchardi Davidson 1847 Dolerorthis rustica Sowerby 1839

¹Hoel 2005; ²Hoel 2011