Bjärsjölagard, Öved-Ramsasa Group, Scania (Silurian of Sweden)

Also known as Reef 2461

Where: Sweden (55.7° N, 13.7° E: paleocoordinates 20.0° S, 3.9° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Öved-Ramsasa Group, Ludlow (427.4 - 423.0 Ma)

• Upper Ludlovian

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

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

• biostrome, 1 m thick, 7 m long
• muddy limestone

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Collection methods: peel or thin section,

Primary reference: K. Mori. 1970. Stromatoporoids from the Upper Silurian of Scania, Sweden. Stockholm Contributions in Geology 21:43-52 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 63212: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 09.08.2006

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Taxonomic list

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Stromatoporoidea
 Actinostromatida - Actinostromatidae
Plectostroma scaniense n. sp.
Plectostroma scaniense n. sp. stromatoporoid sponge
 Syringostromatida - Syringostromatidae
Parallelopora ornata n. sp.
Parallelopora ornata n. sp. stromatoporoid sponge
 Clathrodictyida - Actinodictyidae
? Plexodictyon irregulare n. sp.
? Plexodictyon irregulare n. sp. stromatoporoid sponge
Anthozoa
 Rugosa -
Rugosa indet.
Rugosa indet. horn coral
 Tabulata -
Favositida indet.
Favositida indet. Wedekind 1937 tabulate coral
Hormogoneae
 Oscillatoriales - Girvanellaceae
Girvanella sp.
Girvanella sp. Nicholson and Etheridge 1878