Pilviskiai-141 borehole, 859.1 - 808.9 m (Silurian of Lithuania)

Also known as Pilviškiai

Where: Lithuania (55.1° N, 25.4° E: paleocoordinates 19.6° S, 2.2° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: I. amplificata - G. obovata brachiopod zone, Geluva Formation, Homerian (430.5 - 427.4 Ma)

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

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

• nodular clayey limestone and 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 192994: 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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Craniata
 Craniopsida - Craniopsidae
Rhynchonellata
 Spiriferida - Cyrtiidae
"Cyrtia exporrecta" = Cyrtia exporrectus Wahlenberg 1818
Eospirifer radiatus Sowerby 1834
 Spiriferida - Delthyrididae
Howellella elegans Muir-Wood 1925
 Pentamerida - Clorindidae
Clorinda sp. Barrande 1879
 Pentamerida - Gypidulidae
Gypidula galeata Dalman 1828
 Protorthida - Skenidiidae
Skenidioides lewisii Davidson 1848
 Athyridida - Nucleospiridae
Nucleospira pisum Sowerby 1839
 Athyridida - Meristellidae
Meristina obtusa Dalman 1828
 Athyridida - Rhynchospirinidae
Homoeospira baylei Davidson 1848
 Athyridida - Dayiidae
Dayia navicula Sowerby 1839
 Atrypida - Lissatrypidae
"Glassia obovata" = Lissatrypa obovata
"Glassia obovata" = Lissatrypa obovata Sowerby 1839
 Atrypida - Atrypidae
Atrypa reticularis Linnaeus 1758
 Orthida - Draboviidae
Salopina conservatrix McLearn 1924
 Orthida - Dicoelosiidae
Dicoelosia biloba Linnaeus 1758
 Orthida - Dalmanellidae
"Isorthis amplificata" = Isorthis (Tyersella) amplificata
"Isorthis amplificata" = Isorthis (Tyersella) amplificata Walmsley 1965
 Orthida - Rhipidomellidae
 Rhynchonellida - Trigonirhynchiidae
Strophomenata
 Strophomenida - Rafinesquinidae
Leptaena holcrofti Bassett 1974
 Strophomenida - Eopholidostrophiidae
"Pholidostrophia (Mesopholidostrophia) laevigata" = Mesopholidostrophia laevigata
"Pholidostrophia (Mesopholidostrophia) laevigata" = Mesopholidostrophia laevigata de Sowerby and Murchison 1839
 Strophomenida - Aegiromenidae
"Aegiria grayi" = Jonesea grayi
"Aegiria grayi" = Jonesea grayi Davidson 1849
 Strophomenida - Leptestiidae
"Leangella segmentum" = Leangella (Leangella) segmentum
"Leangella segmentum" = Leangella (Leangella) segmentum Lindstrom 1861
 Strophomenida - Strophochonetidae
Protochonetes minimus Sowerby 1839
Lingulata
 Lingulida - Lingulidae