Hemse Bed b Tentaculitids (Silurian of Sweden)

Where: Gotland, Sweden (57.5° N, 18.4° E: paleocoordinates 18.4° S, 2.5° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Hemse Beds Formation, Gorstian (427.4 - 425.6 Ma)

• Correlation from Jeppsson (1983), Fossils and Strata 15:128.

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: open shallow subtidal; limestone

• SEP: Based on the faunal list and the description of the Hemse Bed occurrences in original ref., it is clear that this sample refers to the limestone district near Ostergarn.

Primary reference: K. Larsson. 1979. Silurian tentaculitids from Gotland and Scania. Fossils and Strata 11:1-180 [M. Foote/M. Foote/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 13562: authorized by Michael Foote, entered by Michael Foote on 12.04.2002

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Taxonomic list

unclassified
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Tentaculita
 Volynitida - Volynitidae