Gargždai 18 borehole, Rukai Mb., 1559 - 1644 m (Silurian of Lithuania)

Where: Lithuania (55.6° N, 21.5° E: paleocoordinates 17.8° S, 0.1° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Rukai Member (Pagegiai Formation), Ludlow (427.4 - 423.0 Ma)

• member-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; shale

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Collection methods: core

Primary reference: P. Lapinskas, J. Paskevicius, and J. Jacyna. 1985. New data on the stratigraphy and correlation of the South - East Baltic Wenlockian and Ludlovian (Silurian). Geologija 629:29-40 [B. Kröger/B. Kröger]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 207399: authorized by Björn Kröger, entered by Björn Kröger on 09.01.2020

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Pterobranchia
 Graptoloidea - Monograptidae
Rhynchonellata
 Athyridida - Dayiidae
Dayia navicula Sowerby 1839
Strophomenata
 Strophomenida -
Bivalvia
 Solenida - Orthonotidae
 Nuculanida - Cucullellidae
Nuculites sp. Conrad 1841 clam
Cephalopoda
 Orthocerida - Dawsonoceratidae