Hemse Bed b Tentaculitids: Gorstian, Sweden

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Tentaculita - Volynitida - Volynitidae
Podolites ternatus
Podolites hedei
unclassified
Podoloites paeninsulicola
see common names

Geography
Country:Sweden State/province:Gotland
Coordinates: 57.5° North, 18.4° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:18.4° South, 2.5° 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 Local bed:b
Local order:bottom to top
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Stratigraphy comments: Correlation from Jeppsson (1983), Fossils and Strata 15:128.
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: "limestone"
Environment:open shallow subtidal Tectonic setting:cratonic basin
Geology comments: SEP: Based on the faunal list and the description of the Hemse Bed occurrences in original ref., it is clear that this sample refers to the limestone district near Ostergarn.
Taphonomy
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Metadata
Database number:13562
Authorizer:M. Foote Enterer:M. Foote
Modifier:M. Foote Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2002-04-12 13:36:06 Last modified:2006-09-15 15:15:11
Access level:the public Released:2002-04-12 13:36:06
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]