Suuriku cliff (Silurian of Estonia)

Where: Hiiumaa, Estonia (58.5° N, 22.0° E: paleocoordinates 16.6° S, 1.4° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Jaani Formation, Jaani (433.6 - 431.3 Ma)

Environment/lithology: marine; limestone

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Preservation: original calcite

Primary reference: M. A. Zuykov and D. A. T. Harper. 2007. Platystrophia (Orthida) and new related Ordovician and Early Silurian brachiopod genera. Estonian Journal of Earth Sciences 56:11-34 [S. Holland/S. Holland]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 160536: authorized by Björn Kröger, entered by Björn Kröger on 24.08.2014

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Chileata
 Dictyonellida - Eichwaldiidae
Eodictyonella capewellii4 Davidson 1848
Rhynchonellata
 Athyridida - Meristellidae
 Spiriferida - Cyrtiidae
 Spiriferida - Delthyrididae
 Orthida - Hesperorthidae
Hesperorthis davidsoni4, "Dolelrorthis rustica" = Dolerorthis4
Hesperorthis davidsoni4 de Verneuil 1845
"Dolelrorthis rustica" = Dolerorthis4
 Orthida - Platystrophiidae
 Orthida - Rhipidomellidae
Dalejina phaseola4 Rubel 1963
Dalejina hybrida4 Sowerby 1839
 Orthida - Dalmanellidae
Visbyella visbyensis4 Lindstrom 1861
Resserella canalis4 Sowerby 1839
 Atrypida - Atrypidae
Plectatrypa cf. imbricata3 Sowerby and Murchison 1839
 Rhynchonellida - Trigonirhynchiidae
 Pentamerida - Gypidulidae
Strophomenata
 Orthotetida - Chilidiopsidae
Coolinia pecten4 Linnaeus 1758
 Strophomenida - Rafinesquinidae
Anthozoa
 Favositida - Favositidae
Palaeofavosites suurikuensis1 Klaamann 1961 tabulate coral
Favosites serratus1 Sokolov 1952 tabulate coral
Mesofavosites secundus1 Klaamann 1961 tabulate coral
Mesofavosites imbellis1 Klaamann 1961 tabulate coral
 Favositida - Syringolitidae
Syringolites kunthianus1 Lindström 1896 tabulate coral
 Favositida - Alveolitidae
Subalveolites sokolovi1 Klaamann 1961 tabulate coral
 Heliolitida - Halysitidae
Halysites senior2 Klaamann 1961 tabulate coral