Hülge 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, bioturbated, argillaceous dolomite

• brownish-grey, bioturbated, argillaceous dolowackestone with large pyritized worm burrows (up to 20 mm in diameter), specific to the transgressive basal part of the Sauvere Beds

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 163556: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Emilia Jarochowska on 04.11.2014

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Conodonta
 Ozarkodinida -
Ozarkodina roopaensis Viira 1994 conodont
Ozarkodina confluens Rhodes 1953 conodont
Ozarkodina aff. bohemica Walliser 1964 conodont
Ozarkodina soegina n. sp. Viira and Einasto 2003 conodont
 Prioniodontida -
"Ligonodina excavata" = Oulodus excavatus
"Ligonodina excavata" = Oulodus excavatus Ziegler 1960 conodont
L. excavata excavata Jeppsson 1972
 Panderodontida - Panderodontidae
Panderodus sp. Ethington 1959 conodont