Virbalis-5 borehole, MituvaFm. (Silurian of Lithuania)

Where: Lithuania (54.6° N, 22.8° E: paleocoordinates 17.4° S, 1.4° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• local area-level geographic resolution

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

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: limestone

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Primary reference: P. Musteikis and L. R. M. Cocks. 2004. Strophomenide and orthotetide Silurian brachiopods from the Baltic region, with particular reference to Lithuanian boreholes. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 49(3):455-482 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 192663: authorized by Björn Kröger, entered by Björn Kröger on 15.04.2018

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Taxonomic list

Strophomenata
 Orthotetida - Chilidiopsidae
Morinorhynchus rubeli Musteikis and Cocks 2004
 Strophomenida - Shaleriidae