Where: Estonia (59.4° N, 25.1° E: paleocoordinates 9.6° S, 9.1° E)
• coordinate based on political unit
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: hemiansatus conodont zone, Kureküla Member (Aruküla Formation), Early/Lower Givetian (388.1 - 383.7 Ma)
• Aruküla regional stage, Kureküla substage
•Pycnosteus pauli heterostracan zone
Environment/lithology: fluvial-deltaic; lithology not reported
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 225803: authorized by Emma Dunne, entered by Sophie Fasey on 01.06.2022
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
Pteraspidomorpha | |
Chondrichthyes | |
Diplacanthus gravis spiny fish | |
Cheiracanthus sp. Agassiz 1835 spiny fish | |
"Nodocosta pauli" = Nodacosta
"Nodocosta pauli" = Nodacosta spiny fish | |
Osteichthyes | |
Glyptolepis spp. Agassiz 1843 lobe-finned fish | |
Dipterus spp. Sedgwick and Murchison 1828 lungfish
Conchodus sp. McCoy 1848 lungfish | |
Gyroptychius pauli Vorobyeva 1977 lobe-finned fish | |
Thursius estonicus Vorobyeva 1977 lobe-finned fish | |
Cheirolepis spp. Agassiz 1835 ray-finned fish | |
Placodermi | |
Actinolepis tuberculata Agassiz 1845 armour-plated fish | |
Homostius latus armour-plated fish | |
? Dickosteus grossi armour-plated fish | |
Asterolepis estonica Gross 1940 armour-plated fish
Byssacanthus dilatatus Eichwald 1844 armour-plated fish | |
Hybosteus sp. Gross 1933 armour-plated fish |