Akniste borehole (Silurian of Latvia)

Where: Latvia (56.1° N, 25.8° E: paleocoordinates 18.6° S, 1.7° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Homerian (430.5 - 427.4 Ma)

• "Upper Wenlock"

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 192665: authorized by Björn Kröger, entered by Björn Kröger on 15.04.2018

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Taxonomic list

Strophomenata
 Strophomenida - Rafinesquinidae
"Leptaena altera" = Leptaena (Leptaena) altera
"Leptaena altera" = Leptaena (Leptaena) altera Rybnikova 1966
 Strophomenida - Aegiromenidae
Jonesea grayi Davidson 1849