Erratic block from Voigtsdorf (Silurian of Germany)

Also known as Beyrichia Limestone, Beyrichienkalk; Gotland

Where: Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Germany (57.0° N, 19.0° E: paleocoordinates 14.8° S, 1.8° W)

• hand sample-level geographic resolution

When: Beyrichienkalk Formation, Pridoli (423.0 - 419.2 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; shelly/skeletal limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Reposited in the MfN

Collection methods: peel or thin section,

Primary reference: J. Dzik and G. N. Kiselev. 1995. The Baltic nautiloids Cyrtoceras ellipticum Lossen 1860, C. priscum Eichwald 1861, and Orthoceras damesi Krause 1877. Palaeontologische Zeitschrift 69(1/2):61-71 [B. Kröger/T. Liebrecht]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 89482: authorized by Björn Kröger, entered by Torsten Liebrecht on 25.05.2009

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Taxonomic list

Cephalopoda
 Pseudorthocerida - Spyroceratidae
Spyroceras damesi Krause 1877
MB C.865.2, C.865.3