Berzini borehole, 440.1 - 424.4 m (Ordovician of Latvia)

Where: Daugavpils, Latvia (56.6° N, 22.4° E: paleocoordinates 32.7° S, 1.5° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

When: Nabala (450.5 - 449.9 Ma)

Environment/lithology: deep subtidal; argillaceous limestone

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Collection methods: core

Primary reference: L. Polma, L. Sarv, and L. Hints. 1977. The Subdivision of the Ordovician in the Berzini boring (South-East Latvia). Eesti NSV Teaduste Akadeemia Toimetised (2)113-121 [B. Kröger/B. Kröger]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 192988: authorized by Björn Kröger, entered by Björn Kröger on 30.04.2018

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

unclassified
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Rhynchonellata
 Orthida - Dalmanellidae
Strophomenata
 Strophomenida - Leptestiidae
Sampo sp. Opik 1933
 Strophomenida - Sowerbyellidae
Sowerbyella sp. Jones 1928
Eoplectodonta sp. Kozlowski 1929
 Strophomenida - Rafinesquinidae
"Rafinesquina cf. inaequiclina" = Rakverina inaequiclina, "Rafinesquina ex gr. orvikui" = Hedstroemina orvikui
"Rafinesquina cf. inaequiclina" = Rakverina inaequiclina Alichova 1951
"Rafinesquina ex gr. orvikui" = Hedstroemina orvikui Oraspold 1956
 Strophomenida - Strophomenidae
Trilobita
 Phacopida - Calymenidae
"Pharostoma pediloba" = Prionocheilus
"Pharostoma pediloba" = Prionocheilus trilobite
 Phacopida - Encrinuridae
Encrinuroides sp. Reed 1931 trilobite
 Phacopida - Pterygometopidae
Chasmops sp. M'Coy 1849 trilobite
Chasmops cf. wesenbergensis Schmidt 1881 trilobite
 Lichida - Lichidae
"Conolichas eichwaldi" = Otarozoum eichwaldi
"Conolichas eichwaldi" = Otarozoum eichwaldi Niezskowski 1857 trilobite
Ostracoda
 Podocopida - Steusloffinidae
 Podocopida - Bairdiocyprididae
 Palaeocopida -
 Palaeocopida - Cryptophyllidae
 Palaeocopida - Piretellidae
 Palaeocopida - Bolbinidae
Bolbina cf. minor Krause 1892 ostracod
 Palaeocopida - Hithidae
 Palaeocopida - Tetradellidae
"Tallinnopsis sp." = Ahla, Piretella acmaea, "Pseudotallinnella regalis" = Kiesowia (Pseudotallinnella), Tetradella litwiensis, Tetradella egorovi
"Tallinnopsis sp." = Ahla Schallreuter 1993 ostracod
"Pseudotallinnella regalis" = Kiesowia (Pseudotallinnella) ostracod
 Palaeocopida - Tvaerenellidae
 Palaeocopida - Sigmoopsidae
 Palaeocopida - Drepanellidae
 Palaeocopida - Bolliidae
Echinoidea
 Bothriocidaroida - Bothriocidaridae
 Bothriocidaroida -
Anthozoa
 Heliolitida - Halysitidae
Catenipora tractabilis Sokolov 1951 tabulate coral