Möllbos 1. 3150 m west of Sjonhem Church.: Homerian, Sweden
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Bivalvia
- Solemyida
- Solemyidae
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Janeia silurica
Liljedahl 1984
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Bivalvia
- Nuculida
- Nuculidae
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Nuculoida indet.
Dall 1889
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= Nuculoidea informal sp. A
Williams and Berger 1916
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Liljedahl 1994 | ||||||
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Nuculoidea lens
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Bivalvia
- Nuculida
- Praenuculidae
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Nuculodonta gotlandica
Liljedahl 1983
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Bivalvia
- Nuculanida
- Malletiidae
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Caesariella lindensis
(Soot-Ryen 1964)
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Palaeostraba baltica
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Bivalvia
- Modiomorphida
- Modiomorphidae
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Goniophora onyx
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Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Pterineidae
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Molinicola gotlandica
Liljedahl 1984
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Bivalvia
- Myalinida
- Ambonychiidae
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? Mytilarca sp.
Hall and Whitfield 1869
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Bivalvia
- Cyrtodontida
- Stolidotidae
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Maminka sp.
Barrande 1881
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Bivalvia
- Arcida
- Frejidae
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Freja fecunda
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Bivalvia
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Pelecypoda indet.
Goldfuss 1820
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Geography
| Country: | Sweden | State/province: | Gotland | County: | Klintehamn |
| Coordinates: | 57.5° North, 18.8° East (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 19.7° South, 2.5° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on political unit | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | local area |
Time
| Period: | Silurian | Epoch: | Wenlock |
| Stage: | Homerian | 10 m.y. bin: | Silurian 2 |
| Key time interval: | Homerian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 430.5 - 427.4 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | shelly/skeletal "limestone" |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Environment: | carbonate indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | replaced with silica |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection excludes: | some macrofossils |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Silicified bivalves of the Halla Beds at Mollbos 1. =PBDB 13635 | ||
| Database number: | 13851 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Foote, P. Wagner | Enterer: | M. Foote, P. Wagner |
| Modifier: | P. Wagner | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Subset of collection #: | 13635 | ||
| Created: | 2002-04-29 20:10:33 | Last modified: | 2006-03-23 18:42:49 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2002-04-29 20:10:33 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 6161. | L. Liljedahl. 1985. Ecological aspects of a silicified bivalve fauna from the Silurian of Gotland. Lethaia 18(1):53-66 [M. Foote/M. Foote/M. Foote] |
Secondary references:
| 15539 | S. Laufeld. 1974. Reference localities for palaeontology and geology in the Silurian of Gotland. Sveriges Geologiska Undersökning Serie C 68(12):1-172 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner] | |
| 6138 | L. Liljedahl. 1994. Silurian nuculoid and modiomorphid bivalves from Sweden. Fossils and Strata (33)1-89 [M. Foote/M. Foote/P. Wagner] |