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

Where: Estonia (58.3° N, 21.9° E: paleocoordinates 18.1° S, 1.4° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

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

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: peritidal; lithified, bioturbated, argillaceous dolomite

• yellowish-brown, mottled, bioturbated, argillaceous dolostone.

•The upper boundary is a distinct pyritized 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 163557: 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. S" Fay 1959 conodont
 Ozarkodinida -
Ozarkodina aff. bohemica Walliser 1964 conodont