Where: Gotland, Sweden (57.5° N, 18.6° E: paleocoordinates 21.6° S, 2.8° W)
• coordinate based on political unit
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Upper Visby Formation, Sheinwoodian (433.4 - 430.5 Ma)
• see previous,
•"upper Visby marl", of Regnell 1945
• formation-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; marl
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Preservation: replaced with silica
Collection methods: bulk,
• see previous
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 3977: authorized by Pete Wagner, entered by Pete Wagner on 12.08.1999, edited by Björn Kröger
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Rhynchonellata | |
Dicoelosia verneuiliana4 Beecher 1891 | |
Rostroconchia | |
"Bigalea visbyensis n. sp." = Redstonia visbyensis1
"Bigalea visbyensis n. sp." = Redstonia visbyensis1 Pojeta and Runnegar 1976 | |
Gastropoda | |
Oriostoma angulatum Wahlenberg 1821 snail
Oriostoma wisbyense Lindström 1884 snail | |
Pycnomphalus acutus Lindström 1884 snail | |
"Trochus dalli" = Discordichilus dalli, Streptotrochus wisbyensis3, "Trochus incisus" = Streptotrochus incisus
"Trochus dalli" = Discordichilus dalli Lindström 1884 snail
"Trochus incisus" = Streptotrochus incisus Lindström 1884 snail | |
"Euomphalus gotlandicus" = Pachystrophia gotlandicus
"Euomphalus gotlandicus" = Pachystrophia gotlandicus Lindström 1884 snail | |
Poleumita rugosa3, "Oriostoma discors" = Poleumita discors, "Trochus gyrans" = Poleumita gyrans, "Oriostoma alatum" = Poleumita alatum
"Oriostoma discors" = Poleumita discors Sowerby 1814 snail
"Trochus gyrans" = Poleumita gyrans Lindström 1884 snail
"Oriostoma alatum" = Poleumita alatum Lindström 1884 snail | |
"Trochus gotlandicus" = Siluriphorus gotlandicus, "Trochus stuxbergi" = Pseudophorus stuxbergi
"Trochus gotlandicus" = Siluriphorus gotlandicus Lindström 1884 snail
"Trochus stuxbergi" = Pseudophorus stuxbergi Lindström 1884 snail | |
"Pleurotomaria scutulata" = Quadricarina scutulata
"Pleurotomaria scutulata" = Quadricarina scutulata Lindström 1884 snail | |
"Pleurotomaria limata" = Prosolarium limata
"Pleurotomaria limata" = Prosolarium limata Lindström 1884 snail | |
"Pleurotomaria claustrata" = Conotoma claustrata, "Pleurotomaria biformis" = Promourlonia biformis
"Pleurotomaria claustrata" = Conotoma claustrata Lindström 1884 snail
"Pleurotomaria biformis" = Promourlonia biformis Lindström 1884 snail | |
Murchisonia obtusangula, "Murchisonia attenuata" = Michelia whiteavesi, "Murchisonia cava" = Cyrtostropha cava
Murchisonia obtusangula Lindström 1884 snail
"Murchisonia attenuata" = Michelia whiteavesi Clarke and Ruedemann 1903 snail
"Murchisonia cava" = Cyrtostropha cava Lindström 1884 snail | |
"Trochonema turritum" = Globonema turritum
"Trochonema turritum" = Globonema turritum Lindström 1884 snail | |
"Murchisonia imbricata" = Frodospira imbricata, "Pleurotomaria laqueata" = Longstaffia laqueata
"Murchisonia imbricata" = Frodospira imbricata Lindström 1884 snail
"Pleurotomaria laqueata" = Longstaffia laqueata Lindström 1884 snail | |
"Bellerophon fasciatus" = Anapetopsis fasciatus, "Bellerophon elegantulus" = Liljevallospira elegantulus, Bellerophon tubulosus
"Bellerophon fasciatus" = Anapetopsis fasciatus Lindström 1884 snail
"Bellerophon elegantulus" = Liljevallospira elegantulus Lindström 1884 snail
Bellerophon tubulosus Lindström 1884 snail | |
"Tremanotus longitudinalis" = Boiotremus longitudinalis, Bucania squamosus
"Tremanotus longitudinalis" = Boiotremus longitudinalis Lindström 1884 snail
Bucania squamosus Lindström 1884 snail | |
Edrioasteroidea | |
Pyrgocystis cylindrica2 Aurivillius 1892 |