MDF Leivu (Devonian of Latvia)

Also known as MDF Narva community

Where: Latvia (57.6° N, 25.3° E: paleocoordinates 11.9° S, 10.9° E)

• coordinate based on political unit

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: australis conodont zone, Leivu Member (Narva Formation), Eifelian (393.3 - 387.7 Ma)

• Narva regional stage, Leivu regional substage

• member-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marginal marine; siliciclastic sediments

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 225796: authorized by Emma Dunne, entered by Sophie Fasey on 31.05.2022

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Taxonomic list

Pteraspidomorphi
 Pteraspidomorphes -
Petromyzontida
 Cephalaspidida -
Cephalaspidida indet. Moy-Thomas and Mile 1971
Placodermi
 Arthrodira - Coccosteidae
Coccosteus cuspidatus Miller 1841 armour-plated fish
 Arthrodira -
Homostius latus armour-plated fish
 Arthrodira - Actinolepidae
Actinolepis tuberculata Agassiz 1845 armour-plated fish
 Antiarchiformes - Asterolepididae
Byssacanthus dilatatus Eichwald 1844 armour-plated fish
Asterolepis estonica Gross 1940 armour-plated fish
Osteichthyes
 Osteolepiformes - Thursiidae
Thursius fischeri Eichwald 1840 lobe-finned fish
 Osteolepiformes - Gyroptychiidae
? Gyroptychius grossi lobe-finned fish
 Dipteriformes - Dipteridae
Dipterus serratus Eichwald 1844 lungfish
 Dipnomorpha - Holoptychiidae
Glyptolepis spp. Agassiz 1843 lobe-finned fish
 Cheirolepidiformes - Cheirolepididae
Cheirolepis spp. Agassiz 1835 ray-finned fish
 Palaeonisciformes -
Orvikuina sp. Gross 1953