Pilviskiai-141 borehole, 928.0 - 884.5 m (Silurian of Lithuania)

Also known as Pilviškiai

Where: Lithuania (55.1° N, 25.4° E: paleocoordinates 21.6° S, 2.1° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: G. obovata - S. lewisii brachiopod zone, Riga Formation, Sheinwoodian (433.4 - 430.5 Ma)

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: deep subtidal shelf; dolomitic, argillaceous marl and limestone

• clayey slightly dolomitic marlstone with interbeds of microcrystalline limestone and bituminous content

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Collection methods: core

Primary reference: P. Musteikis. 1993. Silurian Brachiopod communities in the section of the Pilviškiai - 141 borehole. Geologija 14:118-130 [B. Kröger/B. Kröger/B. Kröger]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 192992: 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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Lingulata
 Lingulida - Lingulidae
Craniata
 Craniopsida - Craniopsidae
Strophomenata
 Orthotetida - Chilidiopsidae
"Coolinia sp." = Fardenia (Coolinia)
"Coolinia sp." = Fardenia (Coolinia) Bancroft 1949
 Strophomenida - Strophochonetidae
Protochonetes minimus Sowerby 1839
 Strophomenida - Sowerbyellidae
Eoplectodonta duvalii Davidson 1847
 Strophomenida - Leptestiidae
"Leangella segmentum" = Leangella (Leangella) segmentum
"Leangella segmentum" = Leangella (Leangella) segmentum Lindstrom 1861
 Strophomenida - Aegiromenidae
"Aegiria grayi" = Jonesea grayi
"Aegiria grayi" = Jonesea grayi Davidson 1849
 Strophomenida - Eopholidostrophiidae
"Pholidostrophia (Mesopholidostrophia) laevigata" = Mesopholidostrophia laevigata
"Pholidostrophia (Mesopholidostrophia) laevigata" = Mesopholidostrophia laevigata de Sowerby and Murchison 1839
 Strophomenida - Leptostrophiidae
"Leptostrophia filosa" = Mesoleptostrophia filosa
"Leptostrophia filosa" = Mesoleptostrophia filosa Sowerby 1839
 Strophomenida - Rafinesquinidae
Leptaena holcrofti Bassett 1974
Rhynchonellata
 Pentamerida - Gypidulidae
Gypidula galeata Dalman 1828
 Pentamerida - Clorindidae
Clorinda sp. Barrande 1879
 Spiriferida - Delthyrididae
Howellella elegans Muir-Wood 1925
 Spiriferida - Cyrtiidae
"Cyrtia exporrecta" = Cyrtia exporrectus Wahlenberg 1818
Eospirifer radiatus Sowerby 1834
 Athyridida - Dayiidae
 Atrypida - Lissatrypidae
"Glassia obovata" = Lissatrypa obovata
"Glassia obovata" = Lissatrypa obovata Sowerby 1839
 Atrypida - Atrypidae
Atrypa reticularis Linnaeus 1758
 Protorthida - Skenidiidae
Skenidioides lewisii Davidson 1848
 Rhynchonellida - Camarotoechiidae
 Orthida - Dalmanellidae