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

Where: Estonia (58.4° N, 23.3° E: paleocoordinates 16.2° S, 0.8° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Soeginina Member (Paadla Formation), Gorstian (427.4 - 425.6 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: peritidal; lithified dolomite

• in the lower part, varigrained, skeletal dolograinstone to packstone

•with bivalves and small stromatolites above the basal DS; in the upper part

•(5- 7 cm) - dolomudstone. The upper boundary is a distinct smooth 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 163552: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Emilia Jarochowska on 04.11.2014

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Conodonta
 Ozarkodinida - Kockelellidae
Ctenognathodus "sp. P" Fay 1959 conodont
 Ozarkodinida -
Ozarkodina soegina n. sp. Viira and Einasto 2003 conodont
Ozarkodina anika n. sp. Viira and Einasto 2003 conodont