Vilkaviskis-129 borehole, Lapes Fm. (Silurian of Lithuania)

Where: Lithuania (54.7° N, 23.0° E: paleocoordinates 15.3° S, 1.5° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Lapes Formation, Pridoli (423.0 - 419.2 Ma)

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; marl and shale

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

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: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 207299: authorized by Björn Kröger, entered by Björn Kröger on 06.01.2020

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Taxonomic list

Rhynchonellata
 Spiriferida - Delthyrididae
Delthyris elevata Dalman 1828
Howellella sp. Kozlowski 1946
 Atrypida - Atrypidae
Atrypa reticularis Linnaeus 1758
 Athyridida - Athyrididae
 Athyridida - Dayiidae
Dayia navicula Sowerby 1839
 Athyridida - Rhynchospirinidae
Homoeospira baylei Davidson 1848
 Orthida - Dalmanellidae
 Orthida - Rhipidomellidae
 Orthida - Draboviidae
Salopina submedia McLearn 1924
 Rhynchonellida - Trigonirhynchiidae
Strophomenata
 Orthotetida - Chilidiopsidae
 Strophomenida - Shaleriidae
Shaleria dzwinogrodensis Kozlowski 1929
 Strophomenida - Rafinesquinidae
Leptaena sp. Dalman 1828
 Strophomenida - Strophochonetidae
Craniata
 Craniopsida - Craniopsidae