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Slite, Sweden

GroupSlite
Formation(s)Hangvar
Age:433 - 427 Ma
Silurian
IntervalSheinwoodian
Tectonic SettingCratonic basin
Lithologymarl/"limestone", "limestone", marl
Number of Collections12
Number of Occurrences18

Recorded Sample Locations

LocationRegionStratigraphic Name
Slite Beds BrachiopodsGotland County, SwedenSlite
Near Stora MyreGotland County, SwedenSlite - Slite - Conchidium tenuistriatum
G03-366 LJGotland County, SwedenSlite
Atlingbo churchGotland County, SwedenSlite
BäcksGotland County, SwedenSlite
around VästergarnGotland County, SwedenSlite
ValbytteSwedenSlite
SliteGotland County, SwedenSlite
Solklint 1Gotland County, SwedenSlite
KlintehamnSwedenSlite
Östra ViGotland County, SwedenSlite
Stora Karlso islandSwedenSlite

Associated Units

Stratigraphic NameAgeLithologyOccurrence Records
Hogklint433 - 427 Ma
Silurian
marl/"limestone", "limestone", "reef rocks", "limestone"/marl67
Slite428 - 423 Ma
Silurian
limestone, grainstone, marl38
Slite Beds433 - 431 Ma
Silurian
limestone/"reef rocks", "limestone", "limestone"/marl, marl/siltstone346
Visby439 - 431 Ma
Silurian
limestone1
Slite - Hangvar433 - 431 Ma
Silurian
limestone6
Slite - Slite - Conchidium tenuistriatum433 - 431 Ma
Silurian
limestone13

Recorded Fossils

Accepted NameHierarchyAge
Protarabellites sp.
genus
6Animalia : Annelida : Polychaeta : Eunicida : Ramphoprionidae : Protarabellites433.4 - 430.5 Ma
Silurian
Leonaspis marklini
species
7Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Odontopleurida : Odontopleuridae : Leonaspis : Leonaspis marklini433.4 - 427.4 Ma
Silurian
Brachyprion (Brachyprion) semiglobosa
species
7Animalia : Brachiopoda : Strophomenata : Strophomenida : Leptostrophiidae : Brachyprion : Brachyprion (Brachyprion) semiglobosa433.4 - 427.4 Ma
Silurian
Lepidoleptaena sp.
genus
6Animalia : Brachiopoda : Strophomenata : Strophomenida : Rafinesquinidae : Lepidoleptaena433.4 - 427.4 Ma
Silurian
Leptaena (Leptaena) depressa
species
7Animalia : Brachiopoda : Strophomenata : Strophomenida : Rafinesquinidae : Leptaena : Leptaena (Leptaena) depressa433.4 - 427.4 Ma
Silurian
Leptaena rhomboidalis
species
7Animalia : Brachiopoda : Strophomenata : Strophomenida : Rafinesquinidae : Leptaena : Leptaena rhomboidalis433.4 - 427.4 Ma
Silurian
Katastrophomena (Katastrophomena) penkillensis
species
7Animalia : Brachiopoda : Strophomenata : Strophomenida : Strophomenidae : Katastrophomena : Katastrophomena (Katastrophomena) penkillensis433.4 - 427.4 Ma
Silurian
Katastrophomena antiquata
species
7Animalia : Brachiopoda : Strophomenata : Strophomenida : Strophomenidae : Katastrophomena : Katastrophomena antiquata433.4 - 427.4 Ma
Silurian
Pentlandina sp.
genus
6Animalia : Brachiopoda : Strophomenata : Strophomenida : Strophomenidae : Pentlandina433.4 - 427.4 Ma
Silurian
Pentlandina lewisii
species
7Animalia : Brachiopoda : Strophomenata : Strophomenida : Strophomenidae : Pentlandina : Pentlandina lewisii433.4 - 430.5 Ma
Silurian
Kockelella walliseri
species
7Animalia : Chordata : Conodonta : Ozarkodinida : Kockelellidae : Kockelella : Kockelella walliseri433.4 - 430.5 Ma
Silurian
Panderodus serratus
species
7Animalia : Chordata : Distacodontidae : Panderodus : Panderodus serratus433.4 - 430.5 Ma
Silurian
Echinoidea
class
3Animalia : Echinodermata : Protocidaris : Echinoidea433.4 - 430.5 Ma
Silurian
Lanternarius sp.
genus
6Animalia : Echinodermata : Echinoidea : Lanternarius433.4 - 430.5 Ma
Silurian
Bellerophon sphaera
species
7Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Bellerophontidae : Bellerophon : Bellerophon sphaera433.4 - 430.5 Ma
Silurian
Tremanotus longitudinalis
species
7Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Bucaniidae : Boiotremus : Tremanotus longitudinalis433.4 - 430.5 Ma
Silurian
Cyrtolites arrosus
species
7Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Bellerophontidae : Temnodiscus : Cyrtolites arrosus433.4 - 430.5 Ma
Silurian
Pycnomphalus acutus
species
7Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Trochida : Anomphalidae : Pycnomphalus : Pycnomphalus acutus433.4 - 430.5 Ma
Silurian
Euomphalopterus alatus
species
7Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Euomphalidae : Euomphalopterus : Euomphalopterus alatus433.4 - 430.5 Ma
Silurian
Poleumita discors
species
7Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Euomphalina : Euomphalidae : Poleumita : Poleumita discors433.4 - 430.5 Ma
Silurian
Euomphalus rugosus
species
7Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Euomphalidae : Poleumita : Euomphalus rugosus433.4 - 430.5 Ma
Silurian
Euomphalus gotlandicus
species
7Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Holopeidae : Pachystrophia : Euomphalus gotlandicus433.4 - 430.5 Ma
Silurian
Oriostoma globosum
species
7Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Euomphalina : Oriostomatidae : Oriostoma : Oriostoma globosum433.4 - 430.5 Ma
Silurian
Trochus fulminatus
species
7Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Pleurotomariida : Pseudophoridae : Siluriphorus : Trochus fulminatus433.4 - 430.5 Ma
Silurian
Murchisonia cava
species
7Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Pleurotomariida : Murchisoniidae : Murchisonia : Murchisonia cava433.4 - 430.5 Ma
Silurian
Murchisonia subplicata
species
7Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Pleurotomariida : Murchisoniidae : Murchisonia : Murchisonia subplicata433.4 - 430.5 Ma
Silurian
Michelia whiteavesi
species
7Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Murchisoniina : Murchisoniidae : Michelia : Michelia whiteavesi433.4 - 430.5 Ma
Silurian
Subulites attenuatus
species
7Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Subulitidae : Subulites : Subulites attenuatus433.4 - 430.5 Ma
Silurian
Lophospira gothlandica
species
7Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Lophospiridae : Loxoplocus : Lophospira gothlandica433.4 - 430.5 Ma
Silurian
Trochonema turritum
species
7Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Trochonematidae : Trochonema : Trochonema turritum433.4 - 430.5 Ma
Silurian

References

Lindström G. The Silurian Gastropoda and Pteropoda of Gotland, Kongliga Svenska Vetenskaps-Akademiens Handlingasr 19, 1-250
Ulrich E. O., Scofield W. H. The Lower Silurian Gastropoda of Minnesota, The Paleontology of Minnesota 39 2, 813-1081
Regnell G. (1956) Silurian echinoids from Gotland, Arkiv for Mineralogi och Geology 2 7, 155-178
Bruton D. L. (1967) Silurian Odontopleurid Trilobites from Sweden, Estonia, and Latvia, Palaeontology 10 2, 214-244
Bassett M. G., Cocks L. R. M. (1974) A review of Silurian brachiopods from Gotland, Fossils and Strata 3, 1-56
Eriksson M. (2001) Silurian ramphoprionid polychaetes from Gotland, Sweden, Journal of Paleontology 75 5, 993-1015 doi:10.1666/0022-3360%282001%29075%3C0993%3ASRPFGS%3E2.0.CO%3B2
Hoel O. A. (2005) Silurian Leptaeninae (Brachiopoda) from Gotland, Sweden, Paläontologische Zeitschrift 79 2, 263-284
Jeppsson L. (2008) The lower Wenlock Hangvar Formation – a sequence previously split between the Högklint and Slite beds (Silurian, Gotland, Sweden), Gff 130, 31-40
Hoel O. A. (2011) Strophomenidae, Leptostrophiidae, Strophodontidae and Shaleriidae (Brachiopoda, Strophomenida) from the Silurian of Gotland, Sweden, Palaeontologische Zeitschrift 85, 201-229 doi:10.1007/s12542-010-0088-3
Wagner P. J. (2017) Paleozoic Gastropod, Rostroconch, Helcionelloid and Tergomyan Database
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