Ventspils borehole, Kuressaare Fm., 413.8 - 450.2 m (Silurian of Latvia)

Where: Latvia (57.4° N, 21.6° E: paleocoordinates 12.9° S, 0.9° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Kuressaare Formation, Kuressaare (421.3 - 419.2 Ma)

Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Collection methods: core

Primary reference: D. Kaljo and E. Klaamann. 1982. Communities and Biozones in the Baltic Silurian. Academy of Sciences of the Estonian S. S. R. Institute of Geology 1-31 [B. Kröger/B. Kröger]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 207253: authorized by Björn Kröger, entered by Björn Kröger on 02.01.2020

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Taxonomic list

Craniata
 Craniopsida - Craniopsidae
Craniops sp. Hall 1859
Rhynchonellata
 Athyridida - Dayiidae
Dayia navicula Sowerby 1839
 Athyridida - Rhynchospirinidae
Homoeospira baylei Davidson 1848
 Rhynchonellida - Trigonirhynchiidae
 Rhynchonellida - Rhynchotrematidae
 Spiriferida - Delthyrididae
 Orthida - Dalmanellidae
"Isorthis canaliculata" = Levenea canaliculata
"Isorthis canaliculata" = Levenea canaliculata Lindström 1861
 Atrypida - Septatrypidae
Atrypoidea prunum Dalman 1828
 Atrypida - Atrypidae
Atrypa reticularis Linnaeus 1758
Strophomenata
 Orthotetida - Chilidiopsidae
 Strophomenida - Shaleriidae
Shaleria sp. Caster 1939
 Strophomenida - Strophochonetidae