Chitinozoans in biostratigraphy of the northern East Baltic Ashgillian. A preliminary report

Acid-resistant microfossils have been studied from serial bore-core samples representing different facies of Ashgillian deposits. Chitinozoans are shown to hold better promise for detailed subdivision and section correlation than other scarce representatives of macro- or microfauna. According to their vertical distribution, three types of chitinozoan species having biostratigraphic significance can be distinguished.