Where: Cesis, Latvia (57.2° N, 25.3° E: paleocoordinates 10.6° S, 10.8° E)
• coordinate based on political unit
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Lode Formation, Givetian (387.7 - 382.7 Ma)
• formation-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: deltaic; gray sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Collected by E. Lukševičs and I. Zupiņš in 1993, 1996, 1997; reposited in the BMNH
Collection methods: quarrying,
• Repositories: BMNH, Latvian Museum of Natural History, Riga (LDM) and The Swedish Museum of Natural History, Stockholm (SMNH)
Primary reference: P. L. Forey, P. E. Ahlberg, E. Lukševics and I. Zupinš. 2000. A New Coelacanth from the Middle Devonian of Latvia. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 20(2):243-252 [S. Peters/S. McMullen/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 135959: authorized by Shanan Peters, entered by Sharon McMullen on 13.11.2012
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Coelacanthimorpha | |
Miguashaia grossi n. sp.
Miguashaia grossi n. sp. Forey et al. 2000 coelacanth |