Where: Gotland, Sweden (57.5° N, 18.6° E: paleocoordinates 24.1° S, 3.1° W)
• coordinate based on political unit
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Lower Visby Formation, Telychian (438.5 - 433.4 Ma)
• "Lower Visby Formation", in Hoel (2011)
• formation-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: limestone
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Preservation: replaced with silica
Primary reference: O. A. Hoel. 2011. Strophomenidae, Leptostrophiidae, Strophodontidae and Shaleriidae (Brachiopoda, Strophomenida) from the Silurian of Gotland, Sweden. Palaeontologische Zeitschrift 85:201-229 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel/P. Wagner]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 192174: authorized by Björn Kröger, entered by Björn Kröger on 14.03.2018
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Strophomenata | |
"Bellimurina wisgoriensis" = Cyphomenoidea wisgoriensis
"Bellimurina wisgoriensis" = Cyphomenoidea wisgoriensis Lamont and Gilbert 1945 | |
"Brachyprion (Erinostrophia) walmstedti" = Brachyprion (Erinostrophia) walmstedti, "Megastrophia (Protomegastrophia) walmstedti" = Brachyprion (Erinostrophia) walmstedti
"Brachyprion (Erinostrophia) walmstedti" = Brachyprion (Erinostrophia) walmstedti Lindström 1861
"Megastrophia (Protomegastrophia) walmstedti" = Brachyprion (Erinostrophia) walmstedti Lindström 1861 |