Anikaitse cliff, Saaremaa, Homerian conodonts (Silurian of Estonia)

Where: Estonia (58.4° N, 23.3° E: paleocoordinates 17.6° S, 0.9° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Anikaitse Member (Rootsiküla Formation), Homerian (430.5 - 427.4 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: peritidal; lithified, pebbly, muddy dolomite

• dark grey doloma rl stone wi th rare brecc iated partic les of the

•underlying dolomudstone. The upper boundary is a di stinct eroded DS.

Size class: microfossils

Preservation: original phosphate

Collection methods: bulk, chemical, acetic, sieve

Primary reference: V. Viira and R. Einasto. 2003. Wenlock–Ludlow boundary beds and conodonts of Saaremaa Island, Estonia. Proceedings of the Estonian Academy of Sciences, Geology 52(4):213-238 [W. Kiessling/E. Jarochowska]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 163550: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Emilia Jarochowska on 04.11.2014

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Conodonta
 Ozarkodinida -
Ozarkodina aff. bicornuta Helfrich 1975 conodont
Ozarkodina soegina n. sp. Viira and Einasto 2003 conodont
Ozarkodina aff. bohemica Walliser 1964 conodont
Ozarkodina anika n. sp. Viira and Einasto 2003 conodont
 Ozarkodinida - Kockelellidae
Ctenognathodus "sp. P" Fay 1959 conodont
Ctenognathodus "sp. C" Fay 1959 conodont