Fossils of Lerberget Marlstone at Stora Karlso: Sheinwoodian, Sweden
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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unclassified
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Scolecodonta indet.
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Chilidopsis pecten
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Crinoidea
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Crinoidea indet.
Miller 1821
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Cephalopoda
- Orthocerida
- Orthoceratidae
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Orthoceras sp.
Breynius 1832
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| "Orthoceras" sp. | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Euomphalina
- Platyceratidae
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Platyceras cornutum
(Hisinger 1837)
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| recombined as Platyostoma cornutum | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Euomphalina
- Euomphalidae
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Euomphalopterus alatus
(Wahlenberg 1821)
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Gastropoda
- Euomphalina
- Oriostomatidae
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Poleumita globosum
(von Schlotheim 1820)
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| recombined as Oriostoma globosum | ||||||||||
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Poleumita sculptum
(de Sowerby and Murchison 1839)
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| recombined as Oriostoma globosum sculptum | ||||||||||
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Rhynchonellata
- Pentamerida
- Parastrophinidae
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Anastrophia deflexa
(Sowerby 1839)
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Rhynchonellata
- Pentamerida
- Clorindidae
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Antirhynchonella linguifera
(Sowerby 1839)
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Rhynchonellata
- Rhynchonellida
- Rhynchotrematidae
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Camarotoechia borealis
(Buch 1834)
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| recombined as Stegerhynchus borealis | ||||||||||
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Rhynchonellata
- Spiriferida
- Delthyrididae
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Howellella elegans
Muir-Wood 1925
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Rhynchonellata
- Spiriferida
- Cyrtiidae
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Eospirifer cf. interlineatus
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Cyrtia exporrecta
(Wahlenberg 1818)
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| recombined as Cyrtia exporrectus | ||||||||||
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Rhynchonellata
- Atrypida
- Lissatrypidae
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Glassia obovata
(Sowerby 1839)
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| recombined as Lissatrypa obovata | ||||||||||
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Rhynchonellata
- Atrypida
- Atrypidae
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Atrypa reticularis
(Linnaeus 1758)
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| original and current combination Anomia reticularis | ||||||||||
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Plectatrypa imbricata
(Sowerby and Murchison 1839)
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Rhynchonellata
- Athyridida
- Nucleospiridae
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Nucleospira pisum
(Sowerby 1839)
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| [entered as Nucleospsira pisum] | ||||||||||
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Rhynchonellata
- Athyridida
- Meristellidae
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Meristina obtusa
(Dalman 1828)
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Rhynchonellata
- Orthida
- Hesperorthidae
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Ptychopleurella bouchardi
(Davidson 1847)
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Rhynchonellata
- Orthida
- Dicoelosiidae
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Dicoelosia biloba
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Rhynchonellata
- Orthida
- Dalmanellidae
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Resserella elegantula
(Dalman 1828)
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Rhynchonellata
- Protorthida
- Skenidiidae
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Skenidioides acuta
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Strophomenata
- Strophomenida
- Rafinesquinidae
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Leptaena rhomboidalis
(Wahlenberg 1818)
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| recombined as Leptaena (Leptaena) rhomboidalis | ||||||||||
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Strophomenata
- Strophomenida
- Amphistrophiidae
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Amphistrophia funiculata
(M'Coy 1846)
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| recombined as Amphistrophiella funiculata | ||||||||||
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Strophomenata
- Strophomenida
- Sowerbyellidae
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Plectodonta transversalis
(Wahlenberg 1818)
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| recombined as Eoplectodonta (Eoplectodonta) transversalis | ||||||||||
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unclassified
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Bryozoa indet.
Ehrenberg 1831
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Trilobita
- Phacopida
- Cheiruridae
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Sphaerexochus scabridus
Angelin 1854
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Ostracoda
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Ostracoda indet.
Latreille 1802
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Ostracoda
- Palaeocopida
- Craspedobolbinidae
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Craspedobolbina (Mitrobeyrichia) insulicola
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Anthozoa
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Anthozoa indet.
Ehrenberg 1834
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Anthozoa
- Cystiphyllida
- Cystiphyllidae
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Cystiphyllum cylindricum
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Anthozoa
- Chonophyllidae
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Ketophyllum spp.
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Anthozoa
- Heliolitida
- Plasmoporidae
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Plasmopora petalliformis
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Plasmopora scita
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Anthozoa
- Heliolitida
- Heliolitidae
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Heliolites interstinctus
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Heliolites spp.
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Anthozoa
- Heliolitida
- Halysitidae
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Halysites catenularis
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Anthozoa
- Favositida
- Favositidae
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Favosites gothlandicus
Lamarck 1816
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Anthozoa
- Auloporida
- Syringoporidae
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Syringopora sp.
Goldfuss 1826
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Anthozoa
- Auloporida
- Auloporidae
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Aulopora sp.
Goldfuss 1829
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Stromatoporoidea
- Stromatoporoidea
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Stromatoporoidea indet.
Nicholson and Murie 1878
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Stromatoporoidea
- Clathrodictyida
- Clathrodictyidae
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Clathrodictyon striatellum
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Geography
| Country: | Sweden | State/province: | Gotland | County: | Eksta |
| Coordinates: | 57.6° North, 18.3° East (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 21.6° South, 3.0° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | local area |
Time
| Period: | Silurian | Epoch: | Wenlock |
| Stage: | Sheinwoodian | 10 m.y. bin: | Silurian 2 |
| *International age/stage: | Sheinwoodian - Homerian | ||
| Key time interval: | Sheinwoodian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 433.40000 - 430.50000 m.y. ago | ||
| * legacy (obsolete) database fields | |||
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Lerberget Marlstone | ||||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: Manten believes this unit to correlate with Slite III beds on Gotland. | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | gray lithified marl |
| Lithology description: Bluish grey to brownish gray, sometimes greenish coloured marlstone, which is dense, rather soft, and generally very thinly foliating. The marlstone layers alternate with thin layers or lenses of marly limestone, which is harder, finely crystalline and of a light-grey colour. (Manten 1971, p.229) | |
| Environment: | marine indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils,mesofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | paleoecologic analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 13669 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Foote | Enterer: | M. Foote |
| Modifier: | P. Wagner | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2002-04-17 09:03:38 | Last modified: | 2016-07-12 15:06:34 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2002-04-17 09:03:38 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 6128. | A. A. Manten. 1971. Silurian Reefs of Gotland. Developments in Sedimentology 13:1-539 [M. Foote/M. Foote/P. Wagner] |