Riekstini borehole, Kuldiga Fm. (Ordovician of Latvia)

Where: Latvia (56.2° N, 21.2° E: paleocoordinates 30.1° S, 1.6° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Kuldiga Formation, Porkuni (445.6 - 443.7 Ma)

Environment/lithology: marine; marl and limestone

• micritic (aphanitic) limestone

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Collection methods: core

Primary reference: L. Hints and D. A. T. Harper. 2003. Review of the Ordovician rhynchonelliformean Brachiopoda of the East Baltic: Their distribution and biofacies. Bulletin of the Geological Society of Denmark 50:29-43 [B. Kröger/B. Kröger]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 168978: authorized by Björn Kröger, entered by Björn Kröger on 04.05.2015

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Taxonomic list

unclassified
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Strophomenata
 Strophomenida - Leptellinidae
Leptellina sp. Ulrich and Cooper 1936
 Strophomenida - Leptostrophiidae
Eostropheodonta sp. Bancroft 1949
 Orthotetida - Triplesiidae
Cliftonia sp. Foerste 1909
Rhynchonellata
 Protorthida - Skenidiidae
Skenidioides sp. Schuchert and Cooper 1931
 Athyridida - Meristellidae
Hindella sp. Davidson 1882
 Rhynchonellida - Trigonirhynchiidae
 Orthida - Draboviidae
Kinnella sp. Bergström 1968
Hirnantia sp. Lamont 1935
 Orthida - Dicoelosiidae
Epitomyonia sp. Wright 1968
 Orthida - Dalmanellidae
 Atrypida - Anazygidae
Zygospira sp. Hall 1862