North of Visby, Lower Visby Beds (Silurian of Sweden)

Where: Gotland, Sweden (57.5° N, 18.6° E: paleocoordinates 24.1° S, 3.1° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Monoclimacis griestoniensis - Monoclimacis crenulata graptolite zone, Lower Visby Formation, Telychian (438.5 - 433.4 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: limestone

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

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 192191: authorized by Björn Kröger, entered by Björn Kröger on 15.03.2018

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Taxonomic list

Strophomenata
 Strophomenida - Furcitellidae
Pentlandina tartana Bancroft 1949
Rhynchonellata
 Orthida - Dicoelosiidae