Silurian conodonts, Maasi Mb, Viki core (Silurian of Estonia)

Where: Estonia (58.4° N, 22.1° E: paleocoordinates 19.9° S, 1.5° W)

• coordinate stated in text

When: Ozarkodina sagitta rhenana conodont zone, Maasi Member (Jaagarahu Formation), Sheinwoodian (433.4 - 430.5 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

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

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 164439: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Emilia Jarochowska on 02.12.2014, edited by Pete Wagner

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Conodonta
 Prioniodontida -
Oulodus ex gr. excavatus Ziegler 1960 conodont
 Ozarkodinida - Spathognathodontodae
"Ozarkodina excavata" = Wurmiella excavata
"Ozarkodina excavata" = Wurmiella excavata Branson and Mehl 1933 conodont
 Ozarkodinida -
Ozarkodina ex gr. confluens Rhodes 1953 conodont
"Ozarkodina rhenana" = Ozarkodina sagitta rhenana Walliser 1964 conodont
subspecies "O. sagitta rhenana"
 Panderodontida - Panderodontidae
Panderodus ex gr. equicostatus Rhodes 1953 conodont