Hemse Bed c 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: deep subtidal ramp; marl and limestone

• SEP: environmental call based on description of occurrences in Hemse Beds in original ref.

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 13565: authorized by Michael Foote, entered by Michael Foote on 12.04.2002

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Taxonomic list

Tentaculita
 Volynitida - Dicricoconidae
 Volynitida - Volynitidae
 Volynitida - Rossiitidae