Bursvik (B) (=Burgsvik), quarries along coast (Silurian of Sweden)

Where: Gotland, Sweden (57.0° N, 18.3° E: paleocoordinates 16.9° S, 2.2° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Ozarkodina snajdri conodont zone, Burgsvik Beds Formation, Ludfordian (425.6 - 423.0 Ma)

• Correlation from Jeppsson (1983), Fossils and Strata 15:128. Also in Monograptus balticus graptolite zone (PJW3; Calner 2005 Facies (2005) 51: 584–591 DOI 10.1007/s10347-005-0050-0).

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; sandstone and ooidal limestone

• Ref. 11073: "Burgsvik Beds (47m): Predominantly crossbedded and well-sorted sandstones with small-scale oscillation ripplemarks, load castings and ichnocoenosis indicate origin in a foreshore area. The uppermost part of this series consists of thinly crossbedded oolitic limestones, which indicates a trend toward more marine conditions."

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: G. Lindström. 1884. The Silurian Gastropoda and Pteropoda of Gotland. Kongliga Svenska Vetenskaps-Akademiens Handlingasr 19:1-250 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner/P. Wagner]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 155712: authorized by Pete Wagner, entered by Pete Wagner on 25.04.2014

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Taxonomic list

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Trilobita
 Proetida - Proetidae
Proetus signatus n. sp.1
Proetus signatus n. sp.1 Lindström 1885 trilobite
Gastropoda
 Cyrtoneritida - Orthonychiidae
"Platyceras enorme" = Orthonychia enorme
"Platyceras enorme" = Orthonychia enorme Lindström 1884 snail
 Bellerophontida - Plectonotidae
Plectonotoides boucoti2
Plectonotoides boucoti2 Peel 1974 snail
 Bellerophontida - Bucaniidae
"Tremanotus longitudinalis" = Boiotremus longitudinalis
"Tremanotus longitudinalis" = Boiotremus longitudinalis Lindström 1884 snail
 Euomphalina - Oriostomatidae
Oriostoma sculpta3, Oriostoma lineatum
Oriostoma sculpta3 Murchison 1839 snail
Oriostoma globosum sculptum
Oriostoma lineatum Lindström 1884 snail
1Lindström 1885; 2Peel 1974; 3Wagner 2023