Ledai-179 core (Silurian of Lithuania)

Where: Lithuania (55.5° N, 24.5° E: paleocoordinates 19.6° S, 1.5° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• hand sample-level geographic resolution

When: Birstonas Formation, Homerian (430.5 - 427.4 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: deep subtidal ramp; lithified, nodular wackestone

Size class: microfossils

Preservation: original phosphate

Collection methods: chemical, acetic, sieve

Primary reference: S. Radzeviius, A. Spiridonov, A. Brazauskas, A. Norkus, T. Meidla and L. Ainsaar. 2014. Upper Wenlock d13C chemostratigraphy, conodont biostratigraphy and palaeoecological dynamics in the Ledai-179 drill core (Eastern Lithuania). Estonian Journal of Earth Sciences 63(4):293-299 [E. Jarochowska/E. Jarochowska/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 180080: authorized by Emilia Jarochowska, entered by Emilia Jarochowska on 06.07.2016

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Conodonta
 Prioniodontida -
Pseudooneotodus beckmanni Bischoff and Sannemann 1958 conodont
Oulodus siluricus Branson and Mehl 1933 conodont
 Ozarkodinida -
Ozarkodina confluens Rhodes 1953 conodont
 Ozarkodinida - Kockelellidae
Kockelella ex gr. ortus Walliser 1964 conodont
 Ozarkodinida - Spathognathodontodae
Wurmiella excavata Branson and Mehl 1933 conodont
subspecies "W. excavata excavata"
 Panderodontida - Panderodontidae
Panderodus unicostatus Branson and Mehl 1933 conodont
Panderodus gracilis Branson and Mehl 1933 conodont