Eurypterid-Associated Biota of the Hemse Group at Djupviks Fisklage, Gotland (Silurian of Sweden)

Where: Gotland, Sweden (57.3° N, 18.2° E: paleocoordinates 17.4° S, 2.5° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Hemse Group, Ludlow (427.4 - 423.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: marine; gray marl

• "BA 2-3"
• "Thin bedded, dense, hard, light gray, marly limestone"

Primary reference: R. E. Plotnick. 1999. Habitat of Llandoverian-Lochkovian eurypterids. In A. J. Boucot, J. D. Lawson (eds.), Paleocommunities - a case study from the Silurian and Lower Devonian 106-136 [M. Foote/M. Foote/P. Wagner]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 26923: authorized by Michael Foote, entered by Michael Foote on 08.11.2002

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Deuteropoda
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Ostracoda indet. Latreille 1802 ostracod
Euchelicerata
 Eurypterida - Eurypteridae
"Baltoeurypterus tetragonophthalmus" = Eurypterus tetragonophthalmus
"Baltoeurypterus tetragonophthalmus" = Eurypterus tetragonophthalmus Fischer 1839 eurypterid