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Proc.EstonianAcad.Sci.Geol.,2006,55,1,43ñ66

Thelodonts(Agnatha)fromthebasalbedsof

theKuressaareStage,Ludlow,UpperSilurian

ofEstonia

TiiuM‰rss

InstituteofGeologyatTallinnUniversityofTechnology,Estoniapst.7,10143Tallinn,Estonia;

Tiiu.Marss@gi.ee

Received16November2005,inrevisedform7February2006

Abstract.ThethelodontLoganelliacuneata(Gross)isredescribedandnewthelodonttaxa

Paraloganiaperensaesp.nov.,Nethertonoduslaadjalaensissp.nov.,andLongodusacicularis

gen.etsp.nov.areestablished.ThelasttaxonbelongstothefamilyLongodidaefam.nov.of

Thelodontibutitsorderisuncertain.ThisassemblagecomesfromtheTahulaBedsoftheKuressaare

Stage,Ludlow,UpperSilurianofEstonia.

Keywords:Thelodonti,Agnatha,taxonomy,Estonia,Ludlow,Silurian.

INTRODUCTION

Inthecourseofgeologicalmappinginthe1970sñ1980stheGeological

SurveyofEstoniadrillednumerousboreholesontheterritoryofEstonia.The

coresamplesweregiventothepalaeontologistsoftheInstituteofGeologyfor

preparation,identificationoffossils,biostratigraphicalstudy,andcorrelationof

thecoresections.Asaresult,over1000sampleswithvertebratemicroremains

wereobtainedbutnotallmaterialwasstudiedindetail.Thepresentpaperis

focusedonnewthelodontsfromthebasalbedsoftheKuressaareStage,Ludlow,

UpperSilurianofEstonia,recoveredfrom17drillcores(Fig.1).

ThesubclassThelodontiincludesfiveorders,LoganelliiformesTurner,1991,

ShieliiformesM‰rss,WilsonThorsteinsson,2002,PhlebolepidiformesBerg,

1937,ThelodontiformesKiaer,1932,andFurcacaudiformesWilsonCaldwell,

1998.Allthesehighertaxaarerepresentedbybotharticulatedspecimensand

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