Waterfall south of Visby, Upper Visby Bed (Silurian of Sweden)

Where: Gotland, Sweden (57.6° N, 18.3° E: paleocoordinates 20.3° S, 2.8° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: centrifugus - murchisoni graptolite zone, Wenlock (433.4 - 427.4 Ma)

• "Upper Visby Bed"

Environment/lithology: limestone

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Preservation: replaced with silica

Primary reference: M. G. Bassett and L. R. M. Cocks. 1974. A review of Silurian brachiopods from Gotland. Fossils and Strata (3)1-56 [M. Foote/M. Foote/M. Foote]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 192341: authorized by Björn Kröger, entered by Björn Kröger on 24.03.2018

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Taxonomic list

Strophomenata
 Orthotetida - Chilidiopsidae
Valdaria testudo Bassett and Cocks 1974