Also known as Reef 1799
Where: Gotland, Sweden (57.8° N, 18.6° E: paleocoordinates 21.3° S, 2.9° W)
• coordinate stated in text
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: Upper Visby Formation, Sheinwoodian (433.4 - 430.5 Ma)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; limestone
•Limestone-marls
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: quarrying, peel or thin section
• Plusquellec collected the specimens at Ireviken 1981 and A. Le Hérissé collected the specimens at Lundsklint bed S151 in 1998
Primary reference: Y. Plusquellec, F. Tourneur, and A. Le Hérissé. 2007. Structure and micro structure of Pachypora lamellicornis Lindström, 1873, a tabulate coral from the Silurian of Gotland, Sweden. In B. Hubann, W. E. Piller (eds.), Fossil Corals and Sponges: Proceedings of the 9th International Symposium on Fossil Cnidaria and Porifera, Graz 2003.- Österr. Akad. Wiss. Schriftenr. Erdwiss. Komm 17:67-83 [W. Kiessling/F. Reichel/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 78968: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Falko Reichel on 20.02.2008
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Taxonomic list
Anthozoa | |
Pachypora lamellicornis Plusquellec et al. 2007 tabulate coral |