Ruhnu core, Wenlock conodonts (Silurian of Estonia)

Where: Estonia (57.8° N, 23.3° E: paleocoordinates 20.1° S, 0.6° W)

• coordinate stated in text

When: Kockelella ortus ortus conodont zone, Jamaja Formation, Sheinwoodian (433.4 - 430.5 Ma)

• Jaagarahu regional stage

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: deep subtidal ramp; lithified, dolomitic marl and lithified limestone

Size class: microfossils

Collection methods: bulk, chemical, acetic

Primary reference: P. Männik. 2003. Distribution of Ordovician and Silurian conodonts. In A. Põldvere (ed.), Estonian geological sections: Ruhnu (500) drill core 5:17-23 [W. Kiessling/E. Jarochowska/E. Jarochowska]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 163610: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Emilia Jarochowska on 06.11.2014

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Conodonta
 Prioniodontida -
Pseudooneotodus bicornis Drygant 1974 conodont
Pseudooneotodus coniformis Drygant 1974 conodont
Pseudooneotodus beckmanni Bischoff and Sannemann 1958 conodont
 Prioniodontida - Strachanognathidae
Decoriconus fragilis Branson and Mehl 1933 conodont
 Belodellida - Belodellidae
Walliserodus "sp. V" Serpagli 1967 conodont
 Panderodontida - Panderodontidae
Panderodus gracilis Branson and Mehl 1933 conodont
Panderodus ex gr. equicostatus Rhodes 1953 conodont
Panderodus serratus Rexroad 1967 conodont
 Ozarkodinida - Spathognathodontodae
"Ozarkodina excavata" = Wurmiella excavata
"Ozarkodina excavata" = Wurmiella excavata Branson and Mehl 1933 conodont