Piltene-1 borehole, 1016.2 m, Kuldiga Fm.: Porkuni, Latvia

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Rafinesquinidae
Rafinesquina expansa (de Sowerby and Murchison 1839)
Gailite 1968
original and current combination Orthis expansa
Strophomenata - Orthotetida - Triplesiidae
Oxoplecia sp. Wilson 1913
Gailite 1968
Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Dalmanellidae
Dalmanella testudinaria (Dalman 1828)
Gailite 1968
original and current combination Orthis testudinaria
Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Rhipidomellidae
Rhipidomelloides sp.
Gailite 1968
synonym of Dalejina
Rhynchonellata - Athyridida - Meristellidae
Hindella cf. crassa (Sowerby 1839)
Hindella cf. crassa incipens
    = Hindella cf. incipiens Williams 1951
Cocks 2014
Meristella cassidea
Gailite 1968
see common names

Geography
Country:Latvia
Coordinates: 57.2° North, 21.6° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:29.1° South, 1.9° West
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Time
Period:Ordovician Epoch:Late/Upper Ordovician
Stage:Hirnantian 10 m.y. bin:Ordovician 5
Key time interval:Porkuni
Age range of interval:445.20000 - 443.80000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Kuldiga
Local section:Piltene-1 Local bed:1016.2 m
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: not reported
Environment:carbonate indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils,mesofossils
Feeding/predation traces:drill holes
Collection methods and comments
Collection excludes:some genera
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Metadata
Database number:173494
Authorizer:B. Kröger, P. Wagner Enterer:B. Kröger, P. Wagner
Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2015-09-30 07:09:31 Last modified:2015-09-30 07:09:31
Access level:the public Released:2015-09-30 07:09:31
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

55395. L. Hints and D. A. T. Harper. 2015. The Hirnantian (Late Ordovician) brachiopod fauna of the East Baltic: Taxonomy of the key species. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 60(2):395-420 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner]

Secondary references:

62099 L. R. M. Cocks. 2014. The Late Ordovician brachiopods of southern Pembrokeshire and adjacent south-western Wales. Special Papers in Palaeontology 91:1-89 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner]
67333 L. Gailite. 1968. Paleontological Characteristic of adjacent Ordovician and Silurian deposits in Latvia. Stratigraphy of the Baltic Lower Paleozoic and its Correlation with other areas 136-138 [B. Kröger/B. Kröger]