Vattenfallet section. 30 m. Pterygotus Beds (Silurian of Sweden)

Where: Sweden (57.6° N, 18.3° E: paleocoordinates 21.6° S, 3.0° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Monograptus riccartonensis graptolite zone, Pterygotus Beds Member (Högklint Formation), Sheinwoodian (433.4 - 430.5 Ma)

• Graptolite Zone based on Jeppson et al 2006 f. 1

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lithified limestone

• Regularly bedded Iimestones (sparitic pelletal calcisiltites to sparitic pelletiferous calcarenites) virtually without argillaceous intercalations . In the upper 80 cm the rock consists of sparitic calcirudites to conglomerate .

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: V. Jaanusson, S. Laufeld, and R. Skoglund. 1979. Lower Wenlock faunal and floral dynamics - Vattenfallet section, Gotland. Sveriges Geologiska Undersökning, C 762:3-294 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 233124: authorized by Pete Wagner, entered by Pete Wagner on 14.01.2024

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Taxonomic list

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Gastropoda
 Euomphalina - Platyceratidae
"Platyceras (Platyostoma) "sp. a"" = Platyostoma, "Platyceras cf. cornutum" = Platyostoma cornutum
"Platyceras (Platyostoma) "sp. a"" = Platyostoma Conrad 1842 snail
"Platyceras cf. cornutum" = Platyostoma cornutum Hisinger 1837 snail
 Euomphalina - Elasmonematidae
Elasmonematidae "sp. a"
Elasmonematidae "sp. a" Knight 1956 snail
 Euomphalina - Pseudophoridae
Siluriphorus "sp. a"
Siluriphorus "sp. a" Cossmann 1918 snail
 Murchisoniina - Luciellidae
"Crenilunula limata" = Prosolarium limata
"Crenilunula limata" = Prosolarium limata Lindström 1884 snail