Silurian conodonts, Viki core (Silurian of Estonia)

Where: Estonia (58.4° N, 22.1° E: paleocoordinates 18.0° S, 1.4° W)

• coordinate stated in text

When: Ctenognathodus murchisoni conodont zone, Viita Member (Rootsiküla Formation), Homerian (430.5 - 427.4 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: peritidal; lithified, argillaceous dolomite and lithified, dolomitic marl

Size class: microfossils

Preservation: original phosphate

Collection methods: chemical, acetic

Primary reference: P. Männik. 2010. Distribution of Ordovician and Silurian conodonts. In A. Põldvere (ed.), Viki Drill Core 10:21-24 [W. Kiessling/E. Jarochowska/E. Jarochowska]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 163566: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Emilia Jarochowska on 04.11.2014

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Conodonta
 Prioniodontida -
Oulodus ex gr. excavatus Ziegler 1960 conodont
 Ozarkodinida - Kockelellidae
Ctenognathodus spp. Fay 1959 conodont
 Ozarkodinida - Spathognathodontodae
"Ozarkodina excavata" = Wurmiella excavata
"Ozarkodina excavata" = Wurmiella excavata Branson and Mehl 1933 conodont
 Ozarkodinida -
Ozarkodina confluens Rhodes 1953 conodont
subspecies "O. confluens densidentata"