Lickershamn area, Gotland, Upper Visby Beds reef mounds, "Axelsro" type (Silurian of Sweden)

Also known as Reef 3671

Where: Sweden (57.8° N, 18.5° E: paleocoordinates 21.4° S, 3.0° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Upper Visby Formation, Sheinwoodian (433.4 - 430.5 Ma)

• "Axelsro" reef type

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; lithified bafflestone and lithified bindstone

• coral-stromatoporoid reef mounds

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: C. Samtleben and A. Munnecke. 1999. Reefmounds im unteren Wenlock auf Gotland: Beispiele früher Korallenriffe [Reef mounds in the Lower Wenlockian of Gotland: examples of early coral reefs]. Meyniana 51:77-94 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 77410: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 11.01.2008

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Taxonomic list

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Anthozoa
 Favositida - Pachyporidae
Thamnopora lamellicornis
 Favositida - Theciidae
Thecia swinderniana, "Angopora sp." = Thecia (Angopora)
Thecia swinderniana Goldfuss 1829 tabulate coral
"Angopora sp." = Thecia (Angopora) Jones 1936 tabulate coral
 Favositida - Favositidae
Paleofavosites asper, Favosites gothlandicus
Paleofavosites asper tabulate coral
Favosites gothlandicus Lamarck 1816 tabulate coral
 Favositida - Coenitidae
Coenites sp.
Coenites sp. Eichwald 1829 tabulate coral
 Favositida - Alveolitidae
Alveolites sp., Planalveolites sp.
Alveolites sp. Lamarck 1801 tabulate coral
Planalveolites sp. Lang and Smith 1939 tabulate coral
 Heliolitida - Heliolitidae
Heliolites interstinctus
 Heliolitida - Proporidae
Propora tubulata
Propora tubulata tabulate coral
 Heliolitida - Plasmoporidae
Plasmopora calyculata
Plasmopora calyculata tabulate coral
 Heliolitida - Halysitidae
Catenipora escharoides, "Halysites catenularius" = Halysites catenularius, "Halysites catenulatus" = Halysites catenularius
Catenipora escharoides Lamarck 1816 tabulate coral
"Halysites catenularius" = Halysites catenularius Linnaeus 1767 tabulate coral
"Halysites catenulatus" = Halysites catenularius Linnaeus 1767 tabulate coral
 Auloporida - Romingeriidae
Romingeria nana
Romingeria nana Klaamann 1966 tabulate coral
 Auloporida - Syringoporidae
Syringopora sp.
Syringopora sp. Goldfuss 1826 tabulate coral
 Stauriida - Kodonophyllidae
Schlotheimophyllum patellatum
 Stauriida - Acervulariidae
Acervularia sp.
Acervularia sp. Schweigger 1819 horn coral
 Cystiphyllida - Cystiphyllidae
Cystiphyllum sp.
Cystiphyllum sp. Lonsdale 1839 horn coral
Stromatoporoidea
 Clathrodictyida - Clathrodictyidae
Clathrodictyon simplex
Clathrodictyon simplex stromatoporoid sponge
 Actinostromatida - Densastromatidae
Densastroma pexisum
Densastroma pexisum Yavorsky 1929 stromatoporoid sponge