Pilviskiai-141 borehole, 671.0 - 640.6 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: Microsphaeridiorhynchus nucula - Isorthis ovalis brachiopod zone, Silale Beds Member (Minija Formation), Pridoli (423.0 - 419.2 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

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

• nodular clayey limestone, bituminous content and clayey, slightly dolomitic marlstone with nodules of 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 192998: authorized by Björn Kröger, entered by Björn Kröger on 30.04.2018

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Strophomenata
 Strophomenida - Strophochonetidae
 Strophomenida - Shaleriidae
Shaleria ezerensis Rybnikova 1966
Shaleria dzwinogrodensis Kozlowski 1929
Rhynchonellata
 Spiriferida - Delthyrididae
 Athyridida - Athyrididae
 Athyridida - Rhynchospirinidae
Homoeospira baylei Davidson 1848
 Orthida - Dalmanellidae
 Atrypida - Septatrypidae
"Atrypa prunum" = Atrypoidea prunum
"Atrypa prunum" = Atrypoidea prunum Dalman 1828
 Atrypida - Atrypidae
Atrypa reticularis Linnaeus 1758
 Rhynchonellida - Trigonirhynchiidae
Craniata
 Craniopsida - Craniopsidae