Where: Latvia (57.6° N, 25.3° E: paleocoordinates 10.6° S, 10.6° E)
• coordinate based on political unit
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: hemiansatus conodont zone, Viljandi Member (Aruküla Formation), Early/Lower Givetian (388.1 - 383.7 Ma)
• Aruküla regional stage, Viljandi substage
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 225850: authorized by Emma Dunne, entered by Sophie Fasey on 06.06.2022
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
| unclassified | |
| Pteraspidomorpha | |
| Pteraspidomorphi | |
| Osteichthyes | |
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Orvikuina spp. Gross 1953 | |
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Glyptolepis spp. Agassiz 1843 lobe-finned fish | |
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Gyroptychius pauli Vorobyeva 1977 lobe-finned fish | |
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Thursius estonicus Vorobyeva 1977 lobe-finned fish | |
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Cheirolepis spp. Agassiz 1835 ray-finned fish | |
| Placodermi | |
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Actinolepis tuberculata Agassiz 1845 armour-plated fish | |
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Homostius latus armour-plated fish | |
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? Dickosteus grossi armour-plated fish | |
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Holonema obrutshevi Mark 1953 armour-plated fish | |
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Asterolepis estonica Gross 1940 armour-plated fish
Byssacanthus dilatatus Eichwald 1844 armour-plated fish | |