Hemse Marl NW Tentaculitids: Gorstian, Sweden

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Trilobita - Phacopida - Cheiruridae
Didrepanon gutnicum
Ramsköld 1983
Deiphon snodensis
Ramsköld 1983
Sphaerexochus latifrons Angelin 1854
Ramsköld 1983
Tentaculita - Volynitida - Dicricoconidae
Dicricoconus aemulus
Dicricoconus tenuissimus
Tentaculita - Volynitida - Rossiitidae
Odessites geretiensis
see common names

Geography
Country:Sweden State/province:Gotland
Coordinates: 57.2° North, 18.4° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:18.7° South, 2.4° West
Basis of coordinate:based on political unit
Geographic resolution:local area
Time
Period: Silurian Epoch: Ludlow
Stage: Gorstian 10 m.y. bin: Silurian 2
*Epoch:Early/Lower Ludlow
Key time interval: Gorstian
Age range of interval: 427.4 - 425.6 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Formation:Hemse Beds Member:Marl NW
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Stratigraphy comments: Correlation from Jeppsson (1983), Fossils and Strata 15:128.
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: marl
Secondary lithology: "limestone"
Environment:deep subtidal ramp Tectonic setting:cratonic basin
Geology comments: SEP: Based on taxonomic list and description of Hemse occurrences in orginal ref., it is clear that this sample comes from the marls in this unit.
Taphonomy
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Metadata
Database number:13563
Authorizer:M. Foote, W. Kiessling Enterer:M. Foote, M. Krause
Modifier:M. Foote Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2002-04-12 13:38:12 Last modified:2006-09-15 15:15:11
Access level:the public Released:2002-04-12 13:38:12
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

6127. K. Larsson. 1979. Silurian tentaculitids from Gotland and Scania. Fossils and Strata 11:1-180 [M. Foote/M. Foote/M. Uhen]

Secondary references:

46067 L. Ramsköld. 1983. Silurian cheirurid trilobites from Gotland. Palaeontology 26(Part 1):175-210 [W. Kiessling/M. Krause/M. Krause]