Klūnas riverbank site (Devonian of Latvia)

Where: Latvia (56.5° N, 23.3° E)

• Paleocoordinates: 21.6° S, 0.4° E (Wright 2013)

When: trachytera/postera conodont zone, Tērvete Formation, Famennian (372.2 - 358.9 Ma)

Environment/lithology: coastal; lithified sandstone

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: J. Vasiļkova, E. Lukševičs, G. Stinkulis and I. Zupiņš. 2012. Taphonomy of the vertebrate bone beds from the Klūnas fossil site, Upper Devonian Tērvete Formation of Latvia. Estonian Journal of Earth Sciences 61(2):105more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 238744: authorized by Joseph Flannery-Sutherland, entered by Joseph Flannery-Sutherland on 10.02.2025

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Taxonomic list

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Placodermi
 Antiarcha - Bothriolepidae
Bothriolepis jani, Bothriolepis ornata
Bothriolepis jani armour-plated fish
Bothriolepis ornata Eichwald 1840 armour-plated fish
 Ptyctodontida - Ptyctodontidae
Chelyophorus sp.
Chelyophorus sp. Agassiz 1845 armour-plated fish
 Phyllolepida - Phyllolepidae
Phyllolepis tolli
Phyllolepis tolli Vasiliauskas 1963 armour-plated fish
 Arthrodira - Dunkleosteidae
Dunkleosteus sp.
Dunkleosteus sp. Newberry 1874 armour-plated fish
Chondrichthyes
 Diplacanthiformes -
Devononchus tenuispinus
Devononchus tenuispinus Gross 1933 spiny fish
Osteichthyes
 Cheirolepidiformes - Cheirolepididae
Cheirolepididae indet.
Cheirolepididae indet. Pander 1860 ray-finned fish
 Osteolepiformes -
Cryptolepis sp.
Cryptolepis sp. Vorobyeva 1975 lobe-finned fish
 Osteolepiformes - Tristichopteridae
Platycephalichthys skuenicus
Platycephalichthys skuenicus Vorobyeva 1977 lobe-finned fish
 Dipnomorpha - Holoptychiidae
Glyptolepis ? dellei, Holoptychius cf. nobilissimus
Glyptolepis ? dellei lobe-finned fish
Holoptychius cf. nobilissimus Agassiz 1835 lobe-finned fish
 Osteolepidida - Osteolepididae
? Glyptopomus sp.
? Glyptopomus sp. Agassiz 1844 lobe-finned fish
 Dipnoi -
Dipnoi indet.
Dipnoi indet. lungfish
 Dipteriformes - Dipteridae
? Conchodus sp.
? Conchodus sp. McCoy 1848 lungfish