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Integrated biostratigraphy of the lower Silurian of the Kolka-54 core, Latvia

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 November 2009

D. K. LOYDELL ,
V. NESTOR  and
P. MÄNNIK
D. K. LOYDELL*
Affiliation:
School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Portsmouth, Burnaby Road, Portsmouth PO1 3QL, UK
V. NESTOR
Affiliation:
Institute of Geology at Tallinn University of Technology, Ehitajate tee 5, 19086 Tallinn, Estonia
P. MÄNNIK
Affiliation:
Institute of Geology at Tallinn University of Technology, Ehitajate tee 5, 19086 Tallinn, Estonia
*
*Author for correspondence: david.loydell@port.ac.uk
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Abstract

Integrated graptolite, conodont and chitinozoan biostratigraphical data are presented from the Llandovery and Wenlock of the Kolka-54 core, Latvia. Correlations between graptolite and chitinozoan biozones are consistent with those published from other East Baltic sections and the Welsh Basin. While most correlations between graptolite and conodont biozones agree with those presented in previous studies, there are important exceptions. Significantly, we report here the discovery of Distomodus staurognathoides Biozone conodonts in the lowest Aeronian Demirastrites triangulatus graptolite Biozone. The base of the D. staurognathoides Biozone was previously considered to lie much higher in the Aeronian. Also it is shown that Walliserodus survived the late Wenlock Mulde Event, during which it was considered previously to have become extinct.

Keywords

graptoliteschitinozoanconodontsSilurianbiostratigraphyLlandoveryWenlock
Type
Original Article
Information
Geological Magazine , Volume 147 , Issue 2 , March 2010 , pp. 253 - 280
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2009

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