Also known as Reef 2793
Where: Latvia (57.4° N, 21.6° E: paleocoordinates 15.7° S, 0.9° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Ventspils Formation, Ludfordian (425.6 - 423.0 Ma)
• Late Ludfordian, Plexodictyon regulare community
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; lithified limestone
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: core,
Primary reference: H. Nestor. 1999. Community structure and succession of Baltoscandian Early Palaeozoic stromatoporoids. Proceedings of the Estonian Academy of Sciences 48(3):123-139 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel/P. Wagner]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 79814: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 25.03.2008
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Stromatoporoidea | |
Parallelostroma typicum stromatoporoid sponge | |
"Parallelopora" ornata stromatoporoid sponge | |
Lophiostroma schmidti stromatoporoid sponge | |
Plexodictyon irregulare stromatoporoid sponge
Ecclimadictyon aff. robustum stromatoporoid sponge | |
Densastroma cf. sociale stromatoporoid sponge | |
Plectostroma scaniense stromatoporoid sponge | |
Stromatopora clarkei stromatoporoid sponge |