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The callovian (Middle Jurassic) crinoids from northern Lithuania

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Callovian strata in northern Lithuania (Papilė area) have yielded some crinoid taxa[Chariocrinus andreae (Desor),Balanocrinus berchteni Hess —Pugin,B. subteres (Münster inGoldfuss) andIsocrinus nicoleti (Desor)], which have not been described from this area. The only form known previously wasBalanocrinus pentagonalis (Goldfuss).Palaeocomaster jaegeri n. sp. is the first free-living crinoid recorded from the Callovian of eastern Europe. It is characterized by possessing a very low, strongly flattened and narrow radial cavity. A very similar crinoid assemblage is known from the Callovian glacially-derived clays exposed in the Łuków region (eastern Poland), which were originally located near the Baltic Sea during the Middle Jurassic. It is considered that the allochthonous Callovian deposits from Poland are facies equivalents of the deposits known from Lithuania. The sole significant exception is the domination of free-moving comatulids (Comatulida) in the sediments known from the Papilė region, which may suggest that the Lithuanian sea basin was a little shallower than that located farther west in the Baltic area.

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Ablagerungen des Calloviums in Nord-Litauen (Gebiet von Popilani) lieferten einige Crinoiden-Taxa, die von dort noch nicht bekannt waren [Chariocrinus andreae (Desor),Balanocrinus berchteni Hess —Pugin,B. subteres (Münster inGoldfuss) undIsocrinus nicoleti (Desor)]. Die einzige Form, die bisher aus Litauen bekannt war, istBalanocrinus pentagonalis (Goldfuss).Palaeocomaster jaegeri n. sp. ist die erste frei bewegliche Crinoide aus dem Callovium Osteuropas. Sie wird durch den Besitz einer sehr niedrigen, stark abgeplatteten und schmalen radialen Leibeshöhle charakterisiert. Eine sehr ähnliche Crinoiden-Vergesellschaftung ist aus den glazial entwurzelten callovischen Tonsteinen der Region von Łuków (Ostpolen) bekannt, die ursprünglich aus dem Gebiet der Ostsee stammt. Es wird angenommen, dass die allochthonen Ablagerungen Polens aus dem Callovium fazielle Äquivalente der Ablagerungen in Litauen darstellen. Die einzige signifikante Ausnahme ist die Dominanz frei beweglicher Comatuliden (Comatulida) in den Ablagerungen der Popilani-Region, was ausdrücken könnte, dass das litauische Meeresbecken etwas flacher war als das mehr westlich gelegene im Baltikum.

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Salamon, M.A. The callovian (Middle Jurassic) crinoids from northern Lithuania. Paläont. Z. 82, 269–278 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02988894

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