Geluva-99 borehole, Riga Fm., G. nassa zone (Silurian of Lithuania)

Where: Lithuania (55.2° N, 23.5° E: paleocoordinates 20.1° S, 1.2° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Gothograptus nassa graptolite zone, Geluva Formation, Homerian (430.5 - 427.4 Ma)

• PJW: Entered as Riga, but G. nassa zone is the overlying Geluva formation.

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: limestone

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 192648: authorized by Björn Kröger, entered by Björn Kröger on 15.04.2018

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Taxonomic list

Strophomenata
 Strophomenida - Leptestiidae