Pentlandina Bancroft, 1949

Musteikis, Petras & Cocks, L. Robin M., 2004, Strophomenide and orthotetide Silurian brachiopods from the Baltic region, with particular reference to Lithuanian boreholes, Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 49 (3), pp. 455-482 : 459

Genus Pentlandina Bancroft, 1949

Remarks.—The type species of the genus is P. tartana Bancroft, 1949 , from the Telychian of Scotland. From Baltica Pentlandina loveni ( Verneuil, 1848) was described from the Wenlock of Gotland and revised by Bassett and Cocks (1974: 14), who also listed Pentlandina sp. from the Telychian and Wenlock of Gotland. It has not so far been recorded from elsewhere in Baltica, apart from as Pentlandina sp. from an unspecified locality and horizon by Rubel et al. (1984: 14). Similar poorly preserved shells which may belong to the genus are known from the Vilkija Beds of the Paprieniai (Sheinwoodian) and Jonava Beds of the Birđtonas formations (Sheinwoodian) in east Lithuania from Grauţai−105 (776.0– 742.7 m) and the Pagėgiai Formation (Ludfordian) in west Lithuania in Šiupyliai−69 (823.2 m).