Also known as Ananaspis decora-Calymene latvica Community in E Baltic
Where: Latvia (56.9° N, 21.2° E: paleocoordinates 13.5° S, 0.7° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• basin-level geographic resolution
When: Pagegiai Formation, Kuressaare (421.3 - 419.2 Ma)
• `"Some dominant species closely related to or identical with contemporary Barrandian species Anasaspis fecuda, Harpidella novella, and Coniproetus ryckholti from the A. fecunda Zone of the Kopanina Fmn."
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; gray, green, calcareous lime mudstone
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: Also includes ostracodes (some of which are listed) and brachiopods of the Dayia Community.
Primary reference: R. Mannil and M. Rubel. 1999. Selected brachiopod and trilobite communities of the East Baltic Silurian. In A. J. Boucot, J. D. Lawson (eds.), Paleocommunities--a case study from the Silurian and Lower Devonian 253-270 [M. Foote/M. Foote/P. Wagner]more details
Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis
PaleoDB collection 13729: authorized by Michael Foote, entered by Michael Foote on 22.04.2002
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
Brachiopoda | |
Brachiopoda indet. Cuvier 1805 | |
Deuteropoda | |
Ostracoda indet. Latreille 1802 ostracod | |
Ostracoda | |
Sleia equestris ostracod | |
Trilobita | |
Coniproetus cf. ryckholti Barrande 1846 trilobite
Proetus cf. signatus Lindström 1885 trilobite | |
Harpidella cf. novella trilobite | |
Otarion sp. Zenker 1833 trilobite | |
Ktenoura sp. Lane 1971 trilobite | |
Calymene latvica trilobite | |
Ananaspis decora trilobite | |
Acastella cf. prima trilobite |