A gap corresponding to several conodont and chitinozoan zones occurs in the Llandovery–Wenlock boundary interval in some sections in the western coastal region of Estonia and on islands in the Muhu Strait. New data from the Suigu (S-3) core section demonstrate that the gap has geographically wider distribution in western continental Estonia. Detailed study of faunas from that section revealed that here the gap corresponds to at least four conodont zones (from below): the Lower and Upper Pseudooneotodus bicornis and Lower and Upper Pterospathodus pennatus procerus zones, but probably also the upper(most) Upper Pt. amorphognathoides amorphognathoides Subzone and the Lower Kockelella ranuliformis Zone (or part of it) are missing. In sense of chitinozoan biostratigraphy, the gap correlates with most of the Margachitina margaritana Zone. Only the uppermost part of this zone is represented in the section. However, although the gap in the Suigu (S-3) core section is distinct and well dated biostratigraphically, the d13C curve demonstrates no evidence of it. Causes of this controversy are still waiting to be revealed.
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