MDF Pärnu (Devonian of Estonia)

Where: Estonia (58.4° N, 24.5° E: paleocoordinates 11.7° S, 9.9° E)

When: partitus conodont zone, Pärnu Formation, Eifelian (393.3 - 387.7 Ma)

• Pärnu regional stage

Environment/lithology: fluvial; lithified, lenticular, muddy, silty conglomerate and sandstone

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: E. Mark-Kurik. 2000. The Middle Devonian fishes of the Baltic States (Estonia, Latvia) and Belarus. In A. Blieck, S. Turner (eds.), CFS Courier Forschungsinstitut Senckenberg 223:309-324 [E. Dunne/S. Fasey]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 225791: authorized by Emma Dunne, entered by Sophie Fasey on 31.05.2022

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Taxonomic list

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unclassified
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Laliacanthus singularis
Pteraspidomorpha
 Psammosteiformes - Pycnosteidae
Tartuosteus sp.
Tartuosteus sp. Obruchev 1961
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Psammolepis toriensis
Pteraspidomorphi
 Pteraspidomorphes -
Schizosteus heterolepis
Osteichthyes
 Dipnoi -
Dipnoi indet.
Dipnoi indet. lungfish
 Dipnomorpha - Holoptychiidae
Glyptolepis spp.
Glyptolepis spp. Agassiz 1843 lobe-finned fish
 Dipnomorpha -
Porolepis sp.
Porolepis sp. Woodward 1891 lobe-finned fish
 Osteolepidida - Osteolepididae
Osteolepididae indet.
Osteolepididae indet. Cope 1887 lobe-finned fish
 Cheirolepidiformes - Cheirolepididae
Cheirolepis gracilis
Cheirolepis gracilis Gross 1973 ray-finned fish
Placodermi
 Antiarchiformes - Asterolepididae
Byssacanthus dilatatus
Byssacanthus dilatatus Eichwald 1844 armour-plated fish
 Arthrodira -
Homostius sp.
Homostius sp. Asmuss 1840 armour-plated fish
 Arthrodira - Actinolepidae
Actinolepis tuberculata
Actinolepis tuberculata Agassiz 1845 armour-plated fish
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? Hybosteus sp.
? Hybosteus sp. Gross 1933 armour-plated fish
Petromyzontida
 Cephalaspidida -
Cephalaspidida indet.
Cephalaspidida indet. Moy-Thomas and Mile 1971