Fossils of Lilla Karlso Limestone at Lilla Karlso (Silurian of Sweden)
Where: Gotland, Sweden (57.6° N, 18.3° E: paleocoordinates 19.7° S, 2.8° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: Lilla Karlso Limestone Formation, Homerian (430.5 - 427.4 Ma)
• Manten believes this unit to correlate with latest Slite, Halla-Mulde, and Klinteberg beds.
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; lithified, ooidal, gray limestone
• ...stratified limestone, which is light brownish grey, dense to finely crystalline, partly finely oolitic, with layers generally varying in thickness from a few centimerres to about 15 cm.
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 13673: authorized by Michael Foote, entered by Michael Foote on 17.04.2002
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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| unclassified | |
| Crinoidea | |
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Crinoidea indet. Miller 1821 Sea lily | |
| Tentaculita | |
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Cornulites sp. Schlotheim 1820 | |
| Strophomenata | |
"Strophomena rugata" = Leptaenoidea rugata
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Leptaena rhomboidalis Wahlenberg 1818 | |
| Rhynchonellata | |
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Gypidula cf. galeata Dalman 1828 | |
"Conchidium biloculare" = Conchidium bilocularis
"Conchidium biloculare" = Conchidium bilocularis Hisinger 1799 | |
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Eospirifer radiatus Sowerby 1834 | |
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? Whitfieldella sp. Hall and Clarke 1893 | |
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Atrypa reticularis Linnaeus 1758 | |
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Rhynchotreta cuneata Dalman 1828 | |
"Camarotoechia borealis" = Stegerhynchus borealis
"Camarotoechia borealis" = Stegerhynchus borealis Buch 1834 | |
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Sphaerirhynchia wilsoni de Sowerby 1816 | |
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Resserella sp. Bancroft 1928 | |
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Dolerorthis cf. rustica Sowerby 1839 | |
| Bryozoa | |
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Bryozoa indet. Ehrenberg 1831 | |
| Stenolaemata | |
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Fenestella sp. Lonsdale 1839 | |
| Cephalopoda | |
"Dawsonoceras annulatum" = Orthocera annulata
"Dawsonoceras annulatum" = Orthocera annulata Sowerby 1816 ammonite | |
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| Gastropoda | |
"Pleurotomaria limata" = Prosolarium limata
"Pleurotomaria limata" = Prosolarium limata Lindström 1884 snail | |
"Platyceras cornutum" = Platyostoma cornutum
"Platyceras cornutum" = Platyostoma cornutum Hisinger 1837 snail | |
"Trochus mollis" = Discordichilus mollis
"Trochus mollis" = Discordichilus mollis Lindström 1884 snail | |
"Poleumita globosum" = Oriostoma globosum
"Poleumita globosum" = Oriostoma globosum von Schlotheim 1820 snail | |
| Deuteropoda | |
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Ostracoda indet. Latreille 1802 ostracod | |
| Ostracoda | |
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Leperditia sp. Rouault 1851 ostracod | |
| Trilobita | |
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Bumastus sp. Murchison 1839 trilobite | |
Proetus sp., "Proetus delicatus" = Hedstroemia delicatus
Proetus sp. Steininger 1831 trilobite
"Proetus delicatus" = Hedstroemia delicatus Hedström 1923 trilobite | |
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Calymene sp. Brongniart 1822 trilobite | |
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Encrinurus punctatus Wahlenberg 1821 trilobite | |
| Anthozoa | |
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Anthozoa indet. Ehrenberg 1834 | |
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Schlotheimophyllum sp. Smith 1945 horn coral | |
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Acervularia ananas horn coral | |
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Entelophyllum roemeri horn coral | |
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Favosites gothlandicus Lamarck 1816 tabulate coral | |
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Heliolites spp. Dana 1846 tabulate coral | |
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? Plasmopora ? scita tabulate coral | |
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Halysites catenularis tabulate coral | |