Kaugatuma borehole, Kuressaare Fm., 39.3 - 53.4 m (Silurian of Estonia)

Where: Estonia (58.1° N, 22.2° E: paleocoordinates 12.2° S, 1.1° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

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: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 207256: authorized by Björn Kröger, entered by Björn Kröger on 02.01.2020

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Taxonomic list

Strophomenata
 Strophomenida - Rafinesquinidae
Leptaena sp. Dalman 1828
 Strophomenida - Shaleriidae
Shaleria sp. Caster 1939
 Orthotetida - Chilidiopsidae
Rhynchonellata
 Spiriferida - Delthyrididae
 Rhynchonellida - Trigonirhynchiidae
 Rhynchonellida - Rhynchotrematidae
 Atrypida - Septatrypidae
Atrypoidea prunum Dalman 1828
 Orthida - Rhipidomellidae
Dalejina hybrida Sowerby 1839
 Athyridida - Rhynchospirinidae
Homoeospira baylei Davidson 1848