Paežeriai-222 borehole, Birstonas Fm. (Silurian to of Lithuania)

Where: Lithuania (55.8° N, 24.4° E: paleocoordinates 18.0° S, 1.4° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Birstonas Formation, Homerian to Homerian (430.5 - 422.9 Ma)

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: limestone

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Primary reference: P. Musteikis and L. R. M. Cocks. 2004. Strophomenide and orthotetide Silurian brachiopods from the Baltic region, with particular reference to Lithuanian boreholes. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 49(3):455-482 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 192661: authorized by Björn Kröger, entered by Björn Kröger on 15.04.2018

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Taxonomic list

Strophomenata
 Strophomenida - Amphistrophiidae
"Amphistrophia (Amphistrophia) funiculata" = Amphistrophiella funiculata
"Amphistrophia (Amphistrophia) funiculata" = Amphistrophiella funiculata M'Coy 1846