Aizpute-41. C 00-7 (Silurian of Latvia)

Where: Latvia (56.7° N, 21.6° E: paleocoordinates 26.6° S, 1.6° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Aspelundia expansa conodont zone, Dobele Formation, Raikkula (440.8 - 438.8 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; black, brown, argillaceous shale

• Brownish or blackish grey to black argilites and shales

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils, microfossils

Primary reference: D. K. Loydell, P. Männik, and V. Nestor. 2003. Integrated biostratigraphy of the lower Silurian of the Aizpute-41 core, Latvia. Geological Magazine 140.(2):205-229 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 203596: authorized by Pete Wagner, entered by Pete Wagner on 20.08.2019

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Taxonomic list

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Conodonta
 Prioniodontida - Prioniodinidae
"Aspelundia expansa" = Pseudolonchodina expansa, Aspelundia fluegeli
"Aspelundia expansa" = Pseudolonchodina expansa Armstrong 1990 conodont
Aspelundia fluegeli Walliser 1964 conodont
 Prioniodontida -
Pseudooneotodus aff. beckmanni
Pseudooneotodus aff. beckmanni Bischoff and Sannemann 1958 conodont
 Prioniodontida - Distomodontidae
Distomodus sp.
Distomodus sp. Branson and Branson 1947 conodont
 Belodellida - Dapsilodontidae
Dapsilodus spp.
Dapsilodus spp. Cooper 1976 conodont
 Belodellida - Belodellidae
Walliserodus sp.
Walliserodus sp. Serpagli 1967 conodont