Borehole Uzhventis, Naujoji Akmené Suite (Permian of Lithuania)

Where: Lithuania (55.8° N, 22.7° E: paleocoordinates 22.5° N, 28.1° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Naujoji Akmené Formation, Wuchiapingian (259.9 - 254.2 Ma)

• Naujoji Akmené Suite (correlates with the german Zechsteinkalk), lower part of the Werra Horizon (P2wr); Material from depth: 207.3-221.5m

•assigned to the Wuchiapingian based on Clapham pers. commun.

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marl and limestone

• marl, limestone and dolomite

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: cast

Collection methods: core

Primary reference: P. Suveizdis, K. V. Miklukho-Maklay, L. B. Ukharskaya, I. P. Morozova, N. V. Glushenko, V. K. Ivanov, and B. G. Podoba. 1975. Permskaya sistema Pribaltiki (fauna i stratigrafiya). Permian deposits of the Baltic region (stratigraphy and fauna). Lietuvos Geologijos Mokslinio Tyrimo Institutas, Trudy 29:305pp. [M. Aberhan/S. Nurnberg/S. Nurnberg]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 46413: authorized by Martin Aberhan, entered by Sabine Nürnberg on 13.01.2005

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Strophomenata
 Productida - Strophalosiidae
"Orthothrix excavatus" = Orthothrix excavata
"Orthothrix excavatus" = Orthothrix excavata Geinitz 1842
Bivalvia
 Cardiida - Kalenteridae
Permophorus costatus Brown 1839 clam
 Ostreida - Pterineidae