Pilviskiai-141 borehole, 640.6 - 582.4 m (Silurian of Lithuania)

Also known as Pilviškiai

Where: Lithuania (55.1° N, 25.4° E: paleocoordinates 14.1° S, 2.3° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: I. ovalis brachiopod zone, Minija - Jura Formation, Pridoli (423.0 - 419.2 Ma)

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: deep subtidal shelf; dolomitic marl and nodular limestone

• clayey, slightly dolomitic marlstone with nodules of limestone and wavy bedded clay limestone

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Collection methods: core

Primary reference: P. Musteikis. 1993. Silurian Brachiopod communities in the section of the Pilviškiai - 141 borehole. Geologija 14:118-130 [B. Kröger/B. Kröger/B. Kröger]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 192999: authorized by Björn Kröger, entered by Björn Kröger on 30.04.2018

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Taxonomic list

Lingulata
 Lingulida - Lingulidae
Craniata
 Craniopsida - Craniopsidae
Rhynchonellata
 Rhynchonellida - Trigonirhynchiidae
 Spiriferida - Delthyrididae
Howellella sp. Kozlowski 1946
Delthyris elevata Dalman 1828
 Atrypida - Atrypidae
Atrypa reticularis Linnaeus 1758
 Athyridida - Dayiidae
Dayia navicula Sowerby 1839
 Athyridida - Athyrididae
 Athyridida - Rhynchospirinidae
Homoeospira baylei Davidson 1848
 Orthida - Rhipidomellidae
Dalejina hybrida Sowerby 1839
 Orthida - Dalmanellidae
 Orthida - Draboviidae
Salopina submedia McLearn 1924
Strophomenata
 Strophomenida - Rafinesquinidae
Leptaena sp. Dalman 1828
 Strophomenida - Shaleriidae
Shaleria ezerensis Rybnikova 1966
Shaleria dzwinogrodensis Kozlowski 1929
 Strophomenida - Strophochonetidae
 Orthotetida - Chilidiopsidae