Vilkaviskis-129 borehole, Jurmala Fm., 879.0 - 894.4 m (Silurian of Lithuania)

Where: Lithuania (54.7° N, 23.0° E: paleocoordinates 26.7° S, 0.6° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Jurmala Formation, Llandovery (443.4 - 433.4 Ma)

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; shale and marl

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Collection methods: core

Primary reference: P. Musteikis. 1991. Silurian Brachiopod communities in the section of the Vilkaviskis-129 boring. Geologija 12(1991):47-65 [B. Kröger/B. Kröger]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 207293: authorized by Björn Kröger, entered by Björn Kröger on 06.01.2020

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Rhynchonellata
 Protorthida - Skenidiidae
Skenidioides lewisii Davidson 1848
 Orthida - Glyptorthidae
Glyptorthis sp. Foerste 1914
 Orthida - Rhipidomellidae
 Orthida - Dicoelosiidae
Dicoelosia paralata Bassett 1972
Dicoelosia baltica Musteikis and Puura 1983
 Orthida - Dalmanellidae
Visbyella visbyensis Lindstrom 1861
 Atrypida - Anazygidae
 Atrypida - Atrypidae
Atrypa hedei Struve 1966
 Rhynchonellida - Camarotoechiidae
Plagiorhyncha sp. McLearn 1918
 Pentamerida - Clorindidae
Clorinda sp. Barrande 1879
Strophomenata
 Orthotetida - Chilidiopsidae
"Coolinia sp." = Fardenia (Coolinia)
"Coolinia sp." = Fardenia (Coolinia) Bancroft 1949
 Strophomenida - Sowerbyellidae
"Eoplectodonta duvali" = Eoplectodonta duvalii
"Eoplectodonta duvali" = 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
Craniata
 Craniopsida - Craniopsidae