Kriukai-146 borehole, Riga Fm. (Silurian of Lithuania)

Where: Lithuania (56.3° N, 23.8° E)

• Paleocoordinates: 4.2° S, 45.3° W (Wright 2013)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: M. flexilis - M. testis zone, Riga Formation, Wenlock (433.4 - 427.4 Ma)

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marl and dolomite

• slightly dolomiceous clayey marl with interbeds of clayey dolomite

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Primary reference: A. Brazauskas and P. Musteikis. 1991. Brachiopod and Conodont Distribution at the Wenlock - Ludlow boundary of Lithuania. Proceedings of the Estonian Academy of Sciences 40(2):61-68 [B. Kröger/B. Kröger]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 195448: authorized by Björn Kröger, entered by Björn Kröger on 09.08.2018

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Taxonomic list

Strophomenata
 Strophomenida - Sowerbyellidae
Eoplectodonta sp. Kozlowski 1929
Rhynchonellata
 Atrypida - Lissatrypidae
"Glassia obovata" = Lissatrypa obovata
"Glassia obovata" = Lissatrypa obovata Sowerby 1839