Piltene-30 borehole, Kuldiga Fm.: Porkuni, Latvia

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

Geography
Country:Latvia
Coordinates: 57.2° North, 21.6° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:29.1° South, 1.8° 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
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:197450
Authorizer:B. Kröger Enterer:B. Kröger
Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2018-11-12 03:06:43 Last modified:2018-11-12 03:06:43
Access level:the public Released:2018-11-12 03:06:43
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
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]