Djupvik 1, 4180 southwest of Fröjel Church (Silurian of Sweden)

Also known as Nuculoid and Modiomorphid bivalves of the Mulde Beds. = PBDB 13634

Where: Gotland, Sweden (57.5° N, 18.4° E: paleocoordinates 19.7° S, 2.6° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: lower part Member (Mulde Formation), Homerian (430.5 - 427.4 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: offshore; argillaceous lime mudstone and marl

• SEP: Silurian of Gotland has been variably described as a ramp and platform. Based on my read of the literature, I think if falls best into the ramp category. From Samtleben et al. (1996). Geol. Rundsch 85:278-292; "....series of argillaceous and micritic limestones and marls with a diverse marine fauna but impoverished conodont assemblage deposited in a shelf basin under calm conditions well below wave base."
• see geology

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

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 13644: authorized by Michael Foote, entered by Michael Foote on 16.04.2002, edited by Pete Wagner and Austin Hendy

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Taxonomic list

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Bivalvia
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Bivalvia indet.1
Bivalvia indet.1 Linnaeus 1758 clam
"Nuculana" sp. A
 Modiomorphida - Modiomorphidae
Aleodonta burei, ? Colpomya balderi, Colpomya hugini, Modiodonta gothlandica
Aleodonta burei Liljedahl 1994 clam
? Colpomya balderi Liljedahl 1994 clam
Colpomya hugini Liljedahl 1994 clam
Modiodonta gothlandica Hisinger 1831 clam
 Solemyida - Ctenodontidae
Tancrediopsis gotlandica, Tancrediopsis solituda
 Nuculida - Nuculidae
Nuculoidea pinguis
 Nuculida - Praenuculidae
Praenucula faba, Similodonta djupvikensis
Praenucula faba Liljedahl 1994 clam
 Nuculanida - Malletiidae
Ekstadia tricarinata, Ekstadia kellyi
Ekstadia tricarinata Soot-Ryen 1964 clam
Ekstadia kellyi Liljedahl 1994 clam
Gastropoda
 Bellerophontida - Bellerophontidae
"Bellerophon fastigiatus n. sp." = Anapetopsis fastigiatus2
"Bellerophon fastigiatus n. sp." = Anapetopsis fastigiatus2 Lindström 1884 snail
1Hendy 2008; 2Lindström 1884