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

Where: Estonia (58.3° N, 21.9° E: paleocoordinates 16.8° S, 1.3° 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

• light brown, varigrained biodetrital dolopackstone to grainstone with oncolites and small stromatolites on the lower distinct smooth DS in the upper part. Nautiloids, bivalves, gastropods, dendroid corals, ostracods, calcareous

•algae (Solenopora), and bryozoans are present.

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 163559: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Emilia Jarochowska on 04.11.2014

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Conodonta
 Ozarkodinida -
Ozarkodina soegina n. sp., Ozarkodina confluens, Ozarkodina aff. bohemica, Ozarkodina roopaensis
Ozarkodina soegina n. sp. Viira and Einasto 2003 conodont
Ozarkodina confluens Rhodes 1953 conodont
Ozarkodina aff. bohemica Walliser 1964 conodont
Ozarkodina roopaensis Viira 1994 conodont
 Ozarkodinida - Kockelellidae
Ctenognathodus "sp. P"
Ctenognathodus "sp. P" Fay 1959 conodont
 Ozarkodinida - Spathognathodontodae
"Ozarkodina excavata" = Wurmiella excavata
"Ozarkodina excavata" = Wurmiella excavata Branson and Mehl 1933 conodont
 Prioniodontida -
Oulodus siluricus
Oulodus siluricus Branson and Mehl 1933 conodont