Kärdla, Vormsi Stage (Ordovician of Estonia)

Also known as Kärdla quarry

Where: Estonia (59.0° N, 22.8° E: paleocoordinates 29.3° S, 2.0° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Kõrgessaare Formation, Vormsi (452.0 - 445.6 Ma)

Environment/lithology: marine; limestone

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Primary reference: L. Hints. 1975. Ordovician brachiopods Enteletacea of the east baltic area. Eesti NSV Teaduste Akadeemia Geoloogia Institut 1-119 [B. Kröger/B. Kröger]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 161163: authorized by Björn Kröger, entered by Björn Kröger on 02.09.2014, edited by Pete Wagner

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Taxonomic list

• http://geokogud.info/search.php?currentTable=specimen&locality_1=5&locality=Kärdla%20quarry&locality_2=2&sort=depth&sortdir=ASC
Strophomenata
 Strophomenida - Strophomenidae
Leigerina hiiuensis2 Roomusoks 2004
 Strophomenida - Rafinesquinidae
"Bekkeromena vormsina" = Kiaeromena (Bekkeromena) vormsina2
"Bekkeromena vormsina" = Kiaeromena (Bekkeromena) vormsina2 Roomusoks 2004
Rhynchonellata
 Orthida - Linoporellidae
Laticrura rostrata Hints 1975
 Orthida - Dalmanellidae
Paucicrura robusta Hints 1975
 Orthida - Glyptorthidae
Glyptorthis plana1 Rõõmusoks 1964
Gastropoda
 Euomphalina - Platyceratidae
Cyclonema rupestre3 d'Eichwald 1856 snail
 Euomphalina - Holopeidae
Holopea ampullacea3 d'Eichwald 1860 snail
Holopea inaequistriata3 Koken and Perner 1925 snail
 Bellerophontida - Sinuitidae
Sinuites usitatus3 Isakar 1991 snail
 Bellerophontida - Bucaniidae
Bucania cornu3 Koken 1897 snail
Salpingostoma kokeni3 Teichert 1932 snail
 Murchisoniina - Subulitidae
Subulites subula3 Koken 1896 snail
 Murchisoniina - Lophospiridae
"Loxoplocus esthona" = Loxoplocus sedgwicki3
"Loxoplocus esthona" = Loxoplocus sedgwicki3 Donald 1906 snail