Ventspils reef (Silurian of Latvia)

Also known as Reef 2793

Where: Latvia (57.4° N, 21.6° E: paleocoordinates 15.7° S, 0.9° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Ventspils Formation, Ludfordian (425.6 - 423.0 Ma)

• Late Ludfordian, Plexodictyon regulare community

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

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

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: core,

Primary reference: H. Nestor. 1999. Community structure and succession of Baltoscandian Early Palaeozoic stromatoporoids. Proceedings of the Estonian Academy of Sciences 48(3):123-139 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel/P. Wagner]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 79814: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 25.03.2008

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Taxonomic list

Stromatoporoidea
 Stromatoporida - Stromatoporidae
Stromatopora clarkei stromatoporoid sponge
 Labechiida - Lophiostromatidae
Lophiostroma schmidti stromatoporoid sponge
 Clathrodictyida - Actinodictyidae
Ecclimadictyon aff. robustum stromatoporoid sponge
Plexodictyon irregulare stromatoporoid sponge
 Syringostromatida - Syringostromatidae
"Parallelopora" ornata stromatoporoid sponge
 Syringostromatida - Coenostromatidae
Parallelostroma typicum stromatoporoid sponge
 Actinostromatida - Actinostromatidae
Plectostroma scaniense stromatoporoid sponge
 Actinostromatida - Densastromatidae
Densastroma cf. sociale stromatoporoid sponge