Where: Gotland, Sweden (57.7° N, 18.8° E: paleocoordinates 21.4° S, 2.8° W)
• coordinate based on political unit
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: Slite Beds Formation, Sheinwoodian (433.4 - 430.5 Ma)
• Correlation based on Jeppsson (1983), Fossils and Strata 15:128.
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: open shallow subtidal; limestone and reef rocks
Primary reference: A. A. Manten. 1971. Silurian Reefs of Gotland. Developments in Sedimentology 13:1-539 [M. Foote/M. Foote/P. Wagner]more details
Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis
PaleoDB collection 13598: authorized by Michael Foote, entered by Michael Foote on 15.04.2002
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
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Anthozoa | |
Anthozoa indet. Ehrenberg 1834 | |
Halysites cateularius tabulate coral
Halysites sp. von Waldheim 1813 tabulate coral | |
Plasmopora foroensis tabulate coral
Plasmopora petalliformis tabulate coral | |
Heliolites interstinctus tabulate coral
Heliolites parvistella tabulate coral
Heliolites sp. Dana 1846 tabulate coral
Heliolites barrandei Penecke 1887 tabulate coral | |
Favosites sp. Lamarck 1816 tabulate coral
Favosites gothlandicus Lamarck 1816 tabulate coral | |
Thecia swinderniana Goldfuss 1829 tabulate coral | |
Planalveolites fougti tabulate coral | |
Coenites repens tabulate coral
Coenites sp. Eichwald 1829 tabulate coral | |
Roemeria sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1851 tabulate coral | |
Syringopora sp. Goldfuss 1826 tabulate coral | |
Aulopora sp. Goldfuss 1829 tabulate coral | |
Omphyma sp. Rafinesque and Clifford 1820 horn coral | |
Stauria favosa horn coral | |
"Lykophyllum hisingeri" = Phaulactis
"Lykophyllum hisingeri" = Phaulactis horn coral | |
Entelophyllum fasciculatum horn coral | |
Acervularia ananas horn coral
Acervularia sp. Schweigger 1819 horn coral | |
Cystiphyllum cylindricum, "Hedstroemophyllum articulatum" = Cystiphyllum (Hedstroemophyllum)
Cystiphyllum cylindricum horn coral
"Hedstroemophyllum articulatum" = Cystiphyllum (Hedstroemophyllum) horn coral | |
Stromatoporoidea | |
Stromatoporoidea indet. stromatoporoid sponge | |
Clathrodictyon striatellum stromatoporoid sponge | |
Crinoidea | |
Crinoidea indet. Miller 1821 Sea lily | |
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Gissocrinus sp., "Cyathocrinus sp." = Cyathocrinites
Gissocrinus sp. Angelin 1878 Sea lily
"Cyathocrinus sp." = Cyathocrinites Miller 1821 Sea lily | |
Streptocrinus crotalurus Sea lily | |
Pisocrinus sp. de Koninck 1858 Sea lily | |
Calceocrinus sp. Hall 1852 Sea lily | |
Herpetocrinus sp. Salter 1873 Sea lily | |
Promelocrinus sp. Jaekel 1902 Sea lily | |
Barrandeocrinus sceptrum Sea lily | |
Gastropoda | |
Gastropoda indet. Cuvier 1795 snail | |
Hormotoma sp. Salter 1859 snail | |
"Platyceras cyathinium" = Orthonychia enorme
"Platyceras cyathinium" = Orthonychia enorme Lindström 1884 snail | |
Poleumita sp. Clarke and Ruedemann 1903 snail
Euomphalopterus alatus Wahlenberg 1821 snail | |
"Platyceras cornutum" = Platyostoma cornutum
"Platyceras cornutum" = Platyostoma cornutum Hisinger 1837 snail | |
Cephalopoda | |
Orthoceras sp. Breynius 1832 | |
Rostroconchia | |
Conocardium sp. Bronn 1835 | |
Lophophorata | |
Tentaculites sp. von Schlotheim 1820 | |
Brachiopoda | |
Brachiopoda indet. Cuvier 1805 | |
Strophomenata | |
Chonetes sp. Fischer de Waldheim 1830 | |
"Amphistrophia funiculata" = Amphistrophiella funiculata
"Amphistrophia funiculata" = Amphistrophiella funiculata M'Coy 1846 | |
"Stropheodonta semiglobosa" = Protomegastrophia semiglobosa
"Stropheodonta semiglobosa" = Protomegastrophia semiglobosa Davidson 1871 | |
Leptaena rhomboidalis Wahlenberg 1818 | |
"Chilidiopsis pecten" = Coolinia pecten
"Chilidiopsis pecten" = Coolinia pecten Linnaeus 1758 | |
Rhynchonellata | |
Gypidula galeata Dalman 1828 | |
Ptychopleurella bouchardi Davidson 1847 | |
"Platystrophia biforata" = Platystrophia biforatus
"Platystrophia biforata" = Platystrophia biforatus Schlotheim 1820 | |
Resserella sp. Bancroft 1928
Resserella elegantula Dalman 1828 | |
Linoporella punctata deVerneuil 1848 | |
"Cyrtia exporrecta" = Cyrtia exporrectus
"Cyrtia exporrecta" = Cyrtia exporrectus Wahlenberg 1818 | |
Howellella elegans Muir-Wood 1925
Delthyris elevata Dalman 1828 | |
Meristina obtusa Dalman 1828 | |
Plectatrypa imbricata Sowerby and Murchison 1839
Plectatrypa lamellosa Lindström 1861 | |
"Camarotoechia borealis" = Stegerhynchus borealis
"Camarotoechia borealis" = Stegerhynchus borealis Buch 1834 | |
Rhynchotreta cuneata Dalman 1828 | |
Camarotoechia sp. Hall and Clarke 1893 | |
Craniata | |
Trimerella sp. Billings 1862 | |
Bryozoa | |
Bryozoa indet. Ehrenberg 1831 | |
Stenolaemata | |
Ptilodictya lanceolata Goldfuss 1829 | |
Fenestella sp. Lonsdale 1839 | |
unclassified | |
Annelida indet. Lamarck 1809 | |
Polychaeta | |
Spirorbis sp. Daudin 1800 | |
Tentaculita | |
Trilobita | |
Trilobita indet. Walch 1771 trilobite | |
"Proetus verrucosus" = Gerastos verrucosus, Proetus sp.
"Proetus verrucosus" = Gerastos verrucosus Lindström 1885 trilobite
Proetus sp. Steininger 1831 trilobite | |
Dalmanites imbricatulus trilobite | |
Encrinurus punctatus Wahlenberg 1821 trilobite | |
Calymene sp. Brongniart 1822 trilobite | |
Deuteropoda | |
Ostracoda indet. Latreille 1802 ostracod | |
Ostracoda | |
Leperditia baltica Hisinger 1831 ostracod | |
Beyrichia sp. M'Coy 1846 ostracod | |
Craspedobolbina clavata ostracod |