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Kolka, Kurzeme Region, Latvia

Lat/Long (Decimal)57.7397,22.5878
Co-ordinates Derivationbased on nearby landmark
Mindat.org Region (for given coordinates)Kurzeme Region, Latvia

Collections

CollectionReferenceStratigraphic NameCommentsLithologyAge
Kolka, 263.4Viira V., Aldridge R. J. (1998)Kaugatuma"limestone"423 - 419.2 Ma
Paleozoic
Kolka, 284.2Viira V., Aldridge R. J. (1998)Kuressaare"limestone"425.6 - 423 Ma
Silurian
Kolka, 289.5Viira V., Aldridge R. J. (1998)Torgu"limestone"427.4 - 425.6 Ma
Silurian
Kolka borehole, 465.3 - 525.9 mMännil R. (1977)"limestone"428.2 - 426.2 Ma
Silurian
Kolka, 362.3Viira V., Aldridge R. J. (1998)Saklalime mudstone430.5 - 427.4 Ma
Silurian
Kolka borehole, 590.70 mMännil R. (1977)"limestone"439 - 428.2 Ma
Silurian
Kolka borehole, 603.2 - 605.95 mMännil R. (1977)"limestone"443.4 - 436 Ma
Silurian
Kolka borehole, 627.9 mMännil R. (1977)"limestone"443.4 - 439 Ma
Silurian

Recorded Fossils

Accepted NameHierarchyAge
Calymene ansensis
species
Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Phacopida : Calymenidae : Calymene : Calymene ansensis443.4 - 439 Ma
Silurian
Calymene frontosa
species
Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Phacopida : Calymenidae : Calymene : Calymene frontosa439 - 428.2 Ma
Silurian
Calymene latigenata
species
Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Phacopida : Calymenidae : Calymene : Calymene latigenata443.4 - 436 Ma
Silurian
Calymene minimarginata
species
Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Phacopida : Calymenidae : Calymene : Calymene minimarginata428.2 - 426.2 Ma
Silurian
Calymene orthomarginata
species
Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Phacopida : Calymenidae : Calymene : Calymene orthomarginata428.2 - 426.2 Ma
Silurian
Ozarkodina bohemica
species
Animalia : Chordata : Conodonta : Ozarkodinida : Ozarkodina : Ozarkodina bohemica430.5 - 427.4 Ma
Silurian
Ozarkodina crispa
species
Animalia : Chordata : Conodonta : Ozarkodinida : Ozarkodina : Ozarkodina crispa425.6 - 423 Ma
Silurian
Ozarkodina snajdri
species
Animalia : Chordata : Conodonta : Ozarkodinida : Ozarkodina : Ozarkodina snajdri427.4 - 425.6 Ma
Silurian

References

Männil R. (1977) East Baltic Lower Silurian Calymenidae (Trilobita), Academy of Sciences of the Estonian S. S. R. Institute of Geology : Facies and Fauna of the Baltic Silurian , 241-257
Viira V., Aldridge R. J. (1998) Upper Wenlock to Lower PrĂ­dolĂ­ (Silurian) conodont biostratigraphy of Saaremaa, Estonia, and a correlation with Britain, Journal of Micropalaeontology 17, 33-50
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
 
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