Visby Area, various beds from coast from "B" beds: Sheinwoodian, Sweden

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Rhynchonellata - Pentamerida - Clorindidae
Clorinda rotunda (Lindström 1861)
Bassett and Cocks 1974
Rhynchonellata - Atrypida - Atrypidae
Plectatrypa lamellosa Lindström 1861
Bassett and Cocks 1974
Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Murchisoniidae
Murchisonia attenuata Lindström 1884
Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Lophospiridae
Pleurotomaria laqueata Lindström 1884
Pleurotomaria laqueata Lindström 1884
Pleurotomaria bicincta
    = Loxoplocus gothlandicus Ulrich and Scofield 1897
Wagner 2023
originally Pleurotomaria bicincta, but that is wrong.
Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Luciellidae
Pleurotomaria limata Lindström 1884
    = Prosolarium halei Hall 1867
Wagner 2023
pers. obs. 1992
Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Gosseletinidae
Pleurotomaria claustrata Lindström 1884
Gastropoda - Bellerophontida - Bellerophontidae
Bellerophon fasciatus Lindström 1884
Bellerophon sphaera Lindström 1884
Gastropoda - Bellerophontida - Bucaniidae
Tremanotus longitudinalis Lindström 1884
Gastropoda - Bellerophontida - Tropidodiscidae
Cyrtolites discus Lindström 1884
Cyrtolites lamellifer Lindström 1884
Gastropoda - Euomphalina - Oriostomatidae
Oriostoma wisbyense Lindström 1884
Oriostoma roemeri Lindström 1884
Gastropoda - Euomphalina - Pseudophoridae
Trochus gotlandicus Lindström 1884
Gastropoda - Euomphalina - Euomphalidae
Oriostoma alatum Lindström 1884
see common names

Geography
Country:Sweden State/province:Gotland
Coordinates: 57.5° North, 18.6° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:21.6° South, 2.8° West
Basis of coordinate:based on political unit
Geographic resolution:local area
Time
Period: Silurian Epoch: Wenlock
Stage: Sheinwoodian 10 m.y. bin: Silurian 2
*Period:Middle Silurian *Epoch:Early/Lower Wenlock
*International age/stage:Early/Lower Sheinwoodian - Early/Lower Sheinwoodian
Key time interval: Sheinwoodian
Age range of interval: 433.4 - 430.5 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Formation:Upper Visby
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Stratigraphy comments: see 3972
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: poorly lithified marl
Environment:carbonate indet.
Geology comments: see previous
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body,replaced with silica
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection excludes:some macrofossils
Collection methods:bulk,field collection,survey of museum collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Collection method comments: see 3972
Taxonomic list comments:see 3972
Metadata
Database number:3973
Authorizer:P. Wagner, B. Kröger Enterer:P. Wagner, B. Kröger
Modifier:P. Wagner Research group:marine invertebrate
Collections that are a subset of this one:13640
Created:1999-08-12 16:22:00 Last modified:2018-05-14 23:47:28
Access level:the public Released:1999-08-12 16:22:00
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

275. G. Lindström. 1884. The Silurian Gastropoda and Pteropoda of Gotland. Kongliga Svenska Vetenskaps-Akademiens Handlingasr 19:1-250 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner/P. Wagner]

Secondary references:

6126 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]
15540 V. Jaanusson. 1986. Locality designations in old collections from the Silurian of Gotland 1-19 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner/P. Wagner]
9042 P. J. Wagner. 2023. Paleozoic Gastropod, Rostroconch, Helcionelloid and Tergomyan Database (2006 - 2023). [P. Wagner/P. Wagner/P. Wagner]