Also known as Burgsvik Beds Brachiopods

Where: Gotland, Sweden (57.0° N, 18.3° E: paleocoordinates 16.9° S, 2.2° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Ozarkodina snajdri conodont zone, Burgsvik Beds Formation, Ludfordian (425.6 - 423.0 Ma)

• Correlation from Jeppsson (1983), Fossils and Strata 15:128. Also in Monograptus balticus graptolite zone (PJW3; Calner 2005 Facies (2005) 51: 584–591 DOI 10.1007/s10347-005-0050-0).

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; sandstone and ooidal limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: M. Calner, L. Jeppsson, and A. Munnecke. 2004. The Silurian of Gotland Part I: Review of the stratigraphic framework, event stratigraphy, and stable carbon and oxygen isotope development. Erlanger geologische Abhandlungen, Sonderband 5:113-131 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 13533: authorized by Michael Foote, entered by Michael Foote on 12.04.2002, edited by Pete Wagner

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