Pilviskiai-141 borehole, 808.9 - 788.0 m: Gorstian, Lithuania

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Rhynchonellata - Athyridida - Nucleospiridae
Nucleospira pisum (Sowerby 1839)
Rhynchonellata - Athyridida - Meristellidae
Meristina obtusa (Dalman 1828)
Rhynchonellata - Protorthida - Skenidiidae
Skenidioides lewisii (Davidson 1848)
Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Cyrtiidae
Striispirifer plicatellus (Linnaeus 1758)
Eospirifer radiatus (Sowerby 1834)
Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Delthyrididae
Howellella elegans Muir-Wood 1925
Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Hesperorthidae
Dolelrorthis rustica
original and current combination Dolerorthis
Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Rhipidomellidae
Dalejina hybrida (Sowerby 1839)
Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Dicoelosiidae
Dicoelosia biloba (Linnaeus 1758)
Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Dalmanellidae
Isorthis amplificata Walmsley 1965
recombined as Isorthis (Tyersella) amplificata
Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Draboviidae
Salopina conservatrix (McLearn 1924)
Rhynchonellata - Atrypida - Atrypidae
Atrypa reticularis (Linnaeus 1758)
original and current combination Anomia reticularis
Rhynchonellata - Atrypida - Lissatrypidae
Glassia obovata (Sowerby 1839)
recombined as Lissatrypa obovata
Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Hebetoechiidae
Sphaerirhynchia wilsoni (de Sowerby 1816)
Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Trigonirhynchiidae
Rhynchotreta cuneata (Dalman 1828)
Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Rafinesquinidae
Leptaena holcrofti Bassett 1974
Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Eopholidostrophiidae
Pholidostrophia (Mesopholidostrophia) laevigata (de Sowerby and Murchison 1839)
recombined as Mesopholidostrophia laevigata
Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Strophochonetidae
Protochonetes minimus (Sowerby 1839)
Craniata - Craniopsida - Craniopsidae
Craniops implicatus
see common names

Geography
Country:Lithuania
Coordinates: 55.1° North, 25.4° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:18.2° South, 2.3° East
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Silurian Epoch:Ludlow
Stage:Gorstian 10 m.y. bin:Silurian 2
Key time interval:Gorstian Brachiopod zone: Atrypa reticularis - Craniops implicatus
Age range of interval:427.40000 - 425.60000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Dubysa
Regional section:Pilviškiai borehole Regional bed:808.9 - 788.0 m
Regional order:bottom to top
Stratigraphic resolution:formation
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:dolomitic marl
Secondary lithology:nodular "limestone"
Lithology description: clayey, slightly dolomitic marlstone with nodules of limestone and wavy bedded clay limestone
Environment:deep subtidal shelf
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils,mesofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:core
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Metadata
Also known as:Pilviškiai
Database number:192995
Authorizer:B. Kröger Enterer:B. Kröger
Modifier:P. Wagner
Created:2018-04-30 06:57:43 Last modified:2018-08-07 13:23:23
Access level:the public Released:2018-04-30 06:57:43
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
65616. P. Musteikis. 1993. Silurian Brachiopod communities in the section of the Pilviškiai - 141 borehole. Geologija 14:118-130 [B. Kröger/B. Kröger/B. Kröger]