Vattenfallet section, Upper Visby Beds reef mound: Sheinwoodian, Sweden

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Anthozoa - Favositida - Theciidae
Angopora hisingeri Jones 1936
Anthozoa - Favositida - Alveolitidae
Planalveolites fougti
Planalveolites sp. Lang and Smith 1939
Anthozoa - Heliolitida - Heliolitidae
Heliolites decipiens
Anthozoa - Heliolitida - Stelliporellidae
Stelliporella sp. Wentzel 1895
Anthozoa - Heliolitida - Halysitidae
Catenipora sp. Lamarck 1816
Catenipora gotlandica (Yabe 1915)
Stromatoporoidea - Stromatoporida - Stromatoporidae
Stromatopora impexa
Stromatoporoidea - Clathrodictyida - Clathrodictyidae
Clathrodictyon delicatulum Nestor 1964
see common names

Geography
Country:Sweden
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:small collection
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:bed
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified "limestone"
Lithology description: coral-stromatoporoid reef mound with low relief
Environment:reef, buildup or bioherm
Taphonomy
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:field collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Metadata
Also known as:Reef 1801
Database number:77411
Authorizer:W. Kiessling Enterer:U. Merkel
Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2008-01-11 05:48:38 Last modified:2008-01-11 07:48:38
Access level:authorizer only Released:2010-01-08 10:39:56
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
26204. V. Jaanusson, S. Laufeld, and R. Skoglund. 1979. Lower Wenlock faunal and floral dynamics - Vattenfallet section, Gotland. Sveriges Geologiska Undersökning, C 762:3-294 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]