Pentamerus gotlandicus Comm. in Dotnuva Beds, Krekenava-7 borehole (Silurian of Lithuania)

Where: Lithuania (55.6° N, 24.1° E)

• Paleocoordinates: 4.6° S, 44.6° W (Wright 2013)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Dotnuva Beds Member (Birstonas Formation), Wenlock (433.4 - 427.4 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; gray limestone

• "Occurs in coarse, nodular light-gray limestone of the third facies zone attributed to BA 3. The specimens of P. g. in the Lithuanian samples are wholly disarticulated, which is consistent with a rough water environment."

Collection methods: I have lumped two levels in the borehole and have omitted the data on absolute and relative abundance.

Primary reference: P. Musteikis and J. J. Paskevicius. 1999. Brachiopod communities of the Lithuanian Silurian. In A. J. Boucot, J. D. Lawson (eds.), Paleocommunities--a case study from the Silurian and Lower Devonian 305-326 [M. Foote/M. Foote/P. Wagner]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 13752: authorized by Michael Foote, entered by Michael Foote on 23.04.2002

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Taxonomic list

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Trilobita
 Phacopida - Encrinuridae
Encrinurus sp.
Encrinurus sp. Emmrich 1844 trilobite
Rhynchonellata
 Pentamerida - Pentameridae
Pentamerus gothlandicus
Strophomenata
 Strophomenida - Sowerbyellidae
"Ygerodiscus sp." = Eoplectodonta (Ygerodiscus)
"Ygerodiscus sp." = Eoplectodonta (Ygerodiscus) Havlicek 1967
Anthozoa
 Favositida - Favositidae
Favosites sp.
Favosites sp. Lamarck 1816 tabulate coral
"Favosites" sp.