Vilkaviskis-129 borehole, Riga Fm. (Silurian to of Lithuania)

Where: Lithuania (54.7° N, 23.0° E: paleocoordinates 18.7° S, 1.4° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Riga Formation, Jaani to Jaani (433.6 - 422.9 Ma)

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: limestone

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Primary reference: P. Musteikis and T. L. Modzalevskaya. 2002. Some Silurian Brachiopods from Lithuania and their Palaeobiogeographical significance. Palaeontology 45(3):595-626 [B. Kröger/B. Kröger]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 192614: authorized by Björn Kröger, entered by Björn Kröger on 14.04.2018

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Taxonomic list

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Rhynchonellata
 Athyridida - Nucleospiridae
Nucleospira pisum
Nucleospira pisum Sowerby 1839
 Atrypida - Lissatrypidae
Lissatrypa obovata, Lissatrypa lithuanica
Lissatrypa obovata Sowerby 1839
Lissatrypa lithuanica Paskevicius et al. 2002
 Rhynchonellida - Camarotoechiidae
Plagiorhyncha depressa