Linde klint hill, 1200 meters northwest of Linde church, Othem Parrish (Silurian of Sweden)

Also known as Reef 3168

Where: Gotland, Sweden (57.3° N, 18.4° E: paleocoordinates 16.7° S, 2.3° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Unit D Member (Hemse Beds Formation), Ludfordian (425.6 - 423.0 Ma)

• Reef beds

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; reef rocks and limestone

• SEP: clear environmental call based on given info

Primary reference: A. A. Manten. 1971. Silurian Reefs of Gotland. Developments in Sedimentology 13:1-539 [M. Foote/M. Foote/P. Wagner]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 70432: authorized by Pete Wagner, entered by Pete Wagner on 22.03.2007, edited by Björn Kröger

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• Algae also included. Manten 1971, Table XIX
unclassified
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Strophomenata
 Strophomenida - Rafinesquinidae
Leptaena rhomboidalis Wahlenberg 1818
(Wilckens)
Chileata
 Dictyonellida - Eichwaldiidae
Dictyonella capewellii1 Davidson 1848
Rhynchonellata
 Pentamerida - Pentameridae
"Conchidium knighti" = Kirkidium knighti
"Conchidium knighti" = Kirkidium knighti Sowerby 1813
(J. Sowerby)
 Spiriferida - Delthyrididae
Delthyris elevata, ""Spirifer" insignis" = Holcospirifer insignis
Delthyris elevata Dalman 1828
""Spirifer" insignis" = Holcospirifer insignis Hedström 1923
Hedström
 Spiriferida - Cyrtiidae
Eospirifer interlineatus
(Hedström not de Sowerby)
 Atrypida - Lissatrypidae
Lissatrypa sp. Twenhofel 1914
 Atrypida - Atrypidae
Atrypa reticularis Linnaeus 1758
(Linnaeus)
 Orthida - Plaesiomyidae
Dinorthis rigida
(Davidson)
Cephalopoda
 Oncocerida - Trimeroceratidae
Gastropoda
 Bellerophontida - Bucaniidae
Megalomphala gotlandica4 Peel 1991 snail
Rostroconchia
 Conocardiida - Conocardiidae
Conocardium sp. Bronn 1835
Bivalvia
 Nuculanida - Malletiidae
Caesariella lindensis2 Soot-Ryen 1964 clam
(Soot-Ryen 1964)
 Myalinida - Ambonychiidae
Mytilarca sp.2 Hall and Whitfield 1869 clam
 Ostreida - Pterineidae
Pterinea nodulosa oyster
Lindström
 Arcida - Frejidae
Freja nodosa2 clam
(Soot-Ryen 1964)
 Cyrtodontida - Cyrtodontidae
Yonginella amica n. gen. n. sp.2
Yonginella amica n. gen. n. sp.2 Liljedahl 1992 clam
 Modiomorphida - Modiomorphidae
Goniophora sp.2 Phillips 1848 clam
Trilobita
 Proetida - Proetidae
Prantlia longifrons3 Lindström 1885 trilobite
Anthozoa
 Heliolitida - Heliolitidae
Heliolites barrandei Penecke 1887 tabulate coral
Penecke