Eke Beds near to Lau Backar (Silurian to of Sweden)

Where: Gotland, Sweden (57.3° N, 18.6° E: paleocoordinates 14.0° S, 2.1° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: leintwardinensis graptolite zone, Eke Formation, Leintwardine to Leintwardine (421.3 - 419.2 Ma)

Environment/lithology: marl

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

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 192343: authorized by Björn Kröger, entered by Björn Kröger on 24.03.2018, edited by Pete Wagner

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Taxonomic list

Trilobita
 Proetida - Proetidae
"Proetus (Lacunoporaspis) obconicus" = Plesiowensus obconicus
"Proetus (Lacunoporaspis) obconicus" = Plesiowensus obconicus Lindstrom 1885 trilobite
Rhynchonellata
 Athyridida - Rhynchospirinidae
Homoeospira baylei Davidson 1848
 Spiriferida - Delthyrididae
"Spirifer insignis" = Holcospirifer insignis
"Spirifer insignis" = Holcospirifer insignis Hedström 1923
Spirifer insignis minor
 Spiriferida - Cyrtinopsidae
 Orthida - Hesperorthidae
Hesperorthis gotlandica Schuchert and Cooper 1932
 Orthida - Draboviidae
Salopina tubulata Lindström 1861
 Pentamerida - Gypidulidae
Gypidula galeata Dalman 1828