Puhmu core: 136.55 m (Ordovician of Estonia)

Where: Estonia (58.8° N, 24.1° E: paleocoordinates 32.2° S, 1.5° W)

When: Ragavere Formation, Caradoc (458.4 - 449.5 Ma)

• Specimens were taken from the section between 133.15 m and 137.2 m

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; concretionary, argillaceous limestone

• cryptocrystalline limestones with argillaceous nodules

Collection methods: core

• Illustrated specimens are deposited in the Geological Museum of Tartu University, Estonia, under collection number 669.

Primary reference: M. Isakar and J. S. Peel. 1997. A new species of Mimospira (Onychochiloidea, Mollusca) from the Middle Ordovician of Estonia. Geologiska Föreningens i Stockholm Förhandlingar 119:275-277 [A. Miller/R. Krause/P. Wagner]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 13629: authorized by Arnold Miller, entered by Rich Krause on 16.04.2002

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Taxonomic list

Paragastropoda
 Mimospirida - Clisospiridae
Mimospira puhmuense n. sp. Isakar and Peel 1997
Ulvophyceae
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Vermiporella indet. Stolley 1893