Spillings 3, Gotland, Slite reef: Homerian, Sweden

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Anthozoa - Heliolitida - Halysitidae
Halysitidae indet. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1849
Anthozoa - Favositida - Favositidae
Favositidae indet. Dana 1846
Anthozoa - Rugosa
Rugosa indet. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1850
Stromatoporoidea - Clathrodictyida - Actinodictyidae
Ecclimadictyon sp. Nestor 1964
Stromatoporoidea - Clathrodictyida - Clathrodictyidae
Clathrodictyon sp. Nicholson and Murie 1878
Clathrodictyon argutulum
Stromatoporoidea - Stromatoporida - Syringostromellidae
Syringostromella tenerrima
Syringostromella sp. Nestor 1966
Stromatoporoidea - Stromatoporida - Stromatoporidae
Stromatopora sp. Goldfuss 1826
Stromatoporoidea - Actinostromatida - Actinostromellidae
Actinostromella sp. Boehnke 1915
Stromatoporoidea - Actinostromatida - Plumataliniidae
Plumatalinia sp. Nestor 1960
Stromatoporoidea - Actinostromatida - Densastromatidae
Densastroma podolicum
unclassified
Echinodermata indet. Klein 1754
Brachiopoda indet. Cuvier 1805
Bryozoa indet. Ehrenberg 1831
Trilobita
Trilobita indet. Walch 1771
Ostracoda
Ostracoda indet. Latreille 1802
see common names

Geography
Country:Sweden
Coordinates: 57.7° North, 18.8° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:19.5° South, 2.5° West
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Silurian Epoch:Wenlock
Stage:Homerian 10 m.y. bin:Silurian 2
Key time interval:Homerian
Age range of interval:430.50000 - 427.40000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Slite
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Stratigraphy comments: uppermost unit g of Slite Beds
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified grainstone
Lithology description: reef-like limestones, 12 m thick
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:general faunal/floral analysis
Metadata
Also known as:Reef 3673
Database number:77536
Authorizer:W. Kiessling Enterer:U. Merkel
Modifier:W. Kiessling Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2008-01-15 06:39:01 Last modified:2008-02-21 09:18:51
Access level:authorizer only Released:2010-01-08 10:39:56
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

26230. A. Kano. 1991. Deposition and diagenesis of a reef-like limestone of the Wenlockian Slite Beds on Gotland, Sweden. GFF 113:207-217 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]