Norderstrand, Visby (Silurian of Sweden)

Where: Gotland, Sweden (57.7° N, 18.3° E: paleocoordinates 24.1° S, 3.4° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Monoclimacis griestoniensis - Monoclimacis crenulata graptolite zone, A Member (Lower Visby Formation), Telychian (438.5 - 433.4 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lime mudstone and marl

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Primary reference: O. A. Hoel. 2011. Strophomenidae, Leptostrophiidae, Strophodontidae and Shaleriidae (Brachiopoda, Strophomenida) from the Silurian of Gotland, Sweden. Palaeontologische Zeitschrift 85:201-229 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel/P. Wagner]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 192192: authorized by Björn Kröger, entered by Björn Kröger on 15.03.2018

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Rhynchonellata
 Atrypida - Atrypidae
Plectatrypa lamellosa Lindström 1861
Strophomenata
 Strophomenida - Furcitellidae
"Bellimurina wisgoriensis" = Cyphomenoidea wisgoriensis, Pentlandina sp.
"Bellimurina wisgoriensis" = Cyphomenoidea wisgoriensis Lamont and Gilbert 1945
Pentlandina sp. Bancroft 1949
 Strophomenida - Leptostrophiidae
"Megastrophia (Protomegastrophia) walmstedti" = Brachyprion (Erinostrophia) walmstedti
"Megastrophia (Protomegastrophia) walmstedti" = Brachyprion (Erinostrophia) walmstedti Lindström 1861