Beyrichienkalk Formation
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| name = Beyrichienkalk Formation
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| type = Formation
| age = Pridoli
~{{fossil range|423|420}}
| period = Pridoli
| prilithology = Limestone
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| namedfor = Nodibeyrichia
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| region = Gotland
Ex situ:{{Clarify|date=December 2021}} Brandenburg, Kuyavia-Pomerania, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, West Pomerania
| country = Sweden
Ex situ: Germany
Ex situ: Poland
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| paleocoordinates = {{coord|14.8|S|1.8|W|display=inline}}
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| lat_deg = 57.0
| lon_deg = 18.3
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The Beyrichienkalk Formation is a geologic formation in Gotland, Sweden. It preserves fossils dating back to the Silurian period.[https://paleobiodb.org/classic/displayStrata?geological_group=&formation=Beyrichienkalk&group_formation_member=Beyrichienkalk Beyrichienkalk Formation] at Fossilworks.org The formation is represented in erratic boulders found in:
- Oderberg, Brandenburg, Germany
- Voigtsdorf, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Germany
- Międzyzdroje, West Pomerania, Poland
- Orłowo, Poland
- Vistula River, Bydgoszcz, Kuyavia-Pomerania, Poland
Fossil content
See also
References
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= Bibliography =
- {{citation |last1=Dzik |first1=J. |first2=G. N. |last2=Kiselev |year=1995 |title=The Baltic nautiloids Cyrtoceras ellipticum Lossen 1860, C. priscum Eichwald 1861, and Orthoceras damesi Krause 1877 |journal=Paläontologische Zeitschrift |volume=69 |issue=1–2 |pages=61–71|doi=10.1007/BF02985974 |bibcode=1995PalZ...69...61D }}
Further reading
- 2010 - Schallreuter and Hinz-Schallreuter - Die Nodibeyrichien des Beyrichienkalkes (The Nodibeyrichians of the Beyrichia Limestone) - Geschiebekunde aktuell 26 (4): 119–134, 8 Abb., 1 Tab. Hamburg/Greifswald November 2010 {{ISSN|0178-1731}}
Category:Geologic formations of Sweden
Category:Silurian System of Europe
Category:Shallow marine deposits
Category:Silurian southern paleotropical deposits