Stenkyrka area, Upper Visby Beds: Sheinwoodian, Sweden

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Anthozoa - Heliolitida - Halysitidae
Halysites senior Klaamann 1961
see common names

Geography
Country:Sweden State/province:Gotland
Coordinates: 57.8° North, 18.5° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:21.4° 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
Key time interval:Sheinwoodian
Age range of interval:433.40000 - 430.50000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Upper Visby
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified "limestone"
Environment:reef, buildup or bioherm
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:peel or thin section,field collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Metadata
Also known as:Reef 3671
Database number:61760
Authorizer:W. Kiessling Enterer:U. Merkel
Modifier:P. Wagner Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2006-06-29 03:49:19 Last modified:2018-05-14 23:57:40
Access level:the public Released:2006-06-29 03:49:19
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

17806. M. A. Motus and E. Klaamann. 1999. The halysitid coral genera Halysites and Cystihalysites from Gotland, Sweden. GFF 121(2):81-90 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]