Engure borhole, 882.9-884.4 m, Kuldiga Fm. (Ordovician of Latvia)

Where: Latvia (57.3° N, 23.1° E: paleocoordinates 28.7° S, 1.0° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Kuldiga Formation, Porkuni (445.6 - 443.7 Ma)

Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Collection methods: core

Primary reference: L. Hints and D. A. T. Harper. 2015. The Hirnantian (Late Ordovician) brachiopod fauna of the East Baltic: Taxonomy of the key species. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 60(2):395-420 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 173384: authorized by Björn Kröger, entered by Björn Kröger on 24.09.2015

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Taxonomic list

Rhynchonellata
 Orthida - Draboviidae
Draborthis cf. caelebs Marek and Havlíček 1967
Strophomenata
 Orthotetida - Triplesiidae
Cliftonia psittacina Wahlenberg 1821
 Strophomenida - Rafinesquinidae
"Leptaena (Leptaena) rugosa" = Leptaena rugosa
"Leptaena (Leptaena) rugosa" = Leptaena rugosa Dalman 1828
 Strophomenida - Leptostrophiidae
Eostropheodonta hirnantensis M'Coy 1851
Eostropheodonta hirnantensis hirnantensis