Ludza 15 borehole, Lukstai Fm., 589 - 590 m (Ordovician of Latvia)

Where: Latvia (56.5° N, 27.7° E: paleocoordinates 33.8° S, 1.5° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Lukstai Formation, Oandu (453.0 - 451.8 Ma)

Environment/lithology: marine; marl

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Collection methods: core

Primary reference: J. Paskevicius. 1997. The geology of the Baltic Republics. 1-381 [B. Kröger/B. Kröger/B. Kröger]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 207213: authorized by Björn Kröger, entered by Björn Kröger on 01.01.2020

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Pterobranchia
 Graptoloidea - Retiolitidae
Rhynchonellata
 Orthida - Platystrophiidae
 Orthida - Productorthidae
Nicolella sp. Reed 1917
 Orthida - Orthidae
Boreadorthis sp. Opik 1934
 Orthida - Hesperorthidae
Hesperorthis aff. rae Oraspold 1956
 Orthida - Dalmanellidae
Strophomenata
 Strophomenida - Strophomenidae
"Strophomena asmusi" = Longvillia asmusi, Holtedahlina sakuensis
"Strophomena asmusi" = Longvillia asmusi Verneuil 1845
Holtedahlina sakuensis Oraspold 1956
 Strophomenida - Rafinesquinidae
"Leptaena fluviatilis" = Oandumena fluviatilis, "Rafinesquina cf. oanduensis" = Hedstroemina oanduensis, "Rafinesquina cf. orvikui" = Hedstroemina orvikui
"Leptaena fluviatilis" = Oandumena fluviatilis Oraspold 1956
"Rafinesquina cf. oanduensis" = Hedstroemina oanduensis Oraspold 1956
"Rafinesquina cf. orvikui" = Hedstroemina orvikui Oraspold 1956
 Strophomenida - Leptestiidae
Sampo sp. Opik 1933
 Strophomenida - Sowerbyellidae
Sowerbyella oepiki Rõõmusoks 1959
Sowerbyella tenera Rõõmusoks 1959