Former brick-yard near Mulde (Silurian of Sweden)

Also known as "Mulde Brick clay"

Where: Gotland, Sweden (57.4° N, 18.2° E: paleocoordinates 20.6° S, 2.7° W)

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Gothograptus nassa-Pristiograptus dubius graptolite zone, Lower Member (Mulde Formation), Wenlock (433.4 - 427.4 Ma)

• Gothograptus nassa-Pristiograptus dubius graptolite Interregnum, Mulde Event, fauna 4 (survival phase of the Mulde Event), Halla Formation, Slite Group, Gleedon Stage, Wenlock Series, 428.1 ± 0.7 Mya11.

Environment/lithology: limestone and marl

Size classes: mesofossils, microfossils

Primary reference: B. Thuy, M. E. Eriksson, M. Kutscher, J. Lindgren, L. D. Nurnberger-Thuy and D. F. Wright. 2022. Miniaturization during a Silurian environmental crisis generated the modern brittle star body plan. Communications Biology 5(14) [V. Syverson/V. Syverson]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 224103: authorized by Val Syverson, entered by Val Syverson on 15.01.2022

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Taxonomic list

Ophiuroidea
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Muldaster haakei Thuy et al. 2022 brittle star