Sutkai-87 borehole, Riga Fm., M. riccartonensis zone (Silurian of Lithuania)

Where: Lithuania (55.0° N, 23.3° E: paleocoordinates 22.4° S, 1.1° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Monograptus riccartonensis graptolite zone, Riga Formation, Sheinwoodian (433.4 - 430.5 Ma)

• "Riga Formation (Sheinwoodian, Monograptus riccartonensis Zone),,"

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: limestone and lime mudstone

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Primary reference: P. Musteikis and L. R. M. Cocks. 2004. Strophomenide and orthotetide Silurian brachiopods from the Baltic region, with particular reference to Lithuanian boreholes. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 49(3):455-482 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 192644: authorized by Björn Kröger, entered by Björn Kröger on 15.04.2018

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Taxonomic list

Strophomenata
 Strophomenida - Leptestiidae