Butkünai-241 borehole, Vilkija Beds (Silurian of Lithuania)

Where: Lithuania (56.0° N, 25.8° E)

• Paleocoordinates: 1.1° N, 42.5° W (Wright 2013)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Paprieniai Formation, Jaani (433.6 - 431.3 Ma)

Environment/lithology: limestone

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Primary reference: P. Musteikis and T. L. Modzalevskaya. 2002. Some Silurian Brachiopods from Lithuania and their Palaeobiogeographical significance. Palaeontology 45(3):595-626 [B. Kröger/B. Kröger]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 192551: authorized by Björn Kröger, entered by Björn Kröger on 13.04.2018

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Taxonomic list

Strophomenata
 Strophomenida - Eopholidostrophiidae
Mesopholidostrophia laevigata1 de Sowerby and Murchison 1839
 Strophomenida - Leptestiidae
 Strophomenida - Sowerbyellidae
Rhynchonellata
 Rhynchonellida - Camarotoechiidae
 Rhynchonellida - Trigonirhynchiidae
 Orthida - Dicoelosiidae
Dicoelosia biloba2 Linnaeus 1758
 Athyridida - Nucleospiridae
Nucleospira pisum Sowerby 1839
 Athyridida - Meristellidae
Meristina obtusa Dalman 1828
Meristina podolica Nikiforova 1954
 Atrypida - Lissatrypidae
Lissatrypa lithuanica Paskevicius et al. 2002
Lissatrypa obovata Sowerby 1839
 Atrypida - Septatrypidae
Cromatrypa pubes Musteikis and Modzalevskaya 2002