Vattenfallet section, Upper Visby Beds reef mound (Silurian of Sweden)

Also known as Reef 1801

Where: Sweden (57.6° N, 18.3° E: paleocoordinates 21.6° S, 3.0° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Upper Visby Formation, Sheinwoodian (433.4 - 430.5 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; lithified limestone

• coral-stromatoporoid reef mound with low relief

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: 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]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 77411: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 11.01.2008

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Taxonomic list

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Stromatoporoidea
 Clathrodictyida - Clathrodictyidae
Clathrodictyon delicatulum
Clathrodictyon delicatulum Nestor 1964 stromatoporoid sponge
 Stromatoporida - Stromatoporidae
Stromatopora impexa
Stromatopora impexa stromatoporoid sponge
Anthozoa
 Favositida - Alveolitidae
Planalveolites fougti, Planalveolites sp.
Planalveolites fougti tabulate coral
Planalveolites sp. Lang and Smith 1939 tabulate coral
 Favositida - Theciidae
Angopora hisingeri
Angopora hisingeri Jones 1936 tabulate coral
 Heliolitida - Halysitidae
Catenipora sp., Catenipora gotlandica
Catenipora sp. Lamarck 1816 tabulate coral
Catenipora gotlandica Yabe 1915 tabulate coral
 Heliolitida - Heliolitidae
Heliolites decipiens
Heliolites decipiens tabulate coral
 Heliolitida - Stelliporellidae
Stelliporella sp.
Stelliporella sp. Wentzel 1895 tabulate coral