Nuculoid and Modiomorphid bivalves of the Hogklint Beds (Silurian of Sweden)
Where: Gotland, Sweden (57.5° N, 18.4° E: paleocoordinates 21.6° S, 2.9° W)
• coordinate based on political unit
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: Hogklint Beds Formation, Sheinwoodian (433.4 - 430.5 Ma)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; shelly/skeletal grainstone and shelly/skeletal packstone
• Ref. 11073 "Well-sorted biodetritic and crinoidal limestones (grainstones and packstones), often cross-bedded, contain irregularly arranged massive bioherms, which were built up predominately by stromatopores...coarse biodetritic limestones in the vicinity of these reefs grade into inter-reef sediments consisting of limestone-marl alterations."
Primary reference: L. Liljedahl. 1994. Silurian nuculoid and modiomorphid bivalves from Sweden. Fossils and Strata (33)1-89 [M. Foote/M. Foote/P. Wagner]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 13641: authorized by Michael Foote, entered by Michael Foote on 16.04.2002
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Taxonomic list
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| Bivalvia | |
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Nuculodonta gotlandica Liljedahl 1983 clam | |
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? Modiomorphidae indet. Miller 1877 clam
Goniophora sp. Phillips 1848 clam | |