Keila, Vasalemma Fm, Tuula-1072B, 2-1m (Ordovician of Estonia)

Where: Estonia (59.3° N, 27.5° E: paleocoordinates 28.2° S, 0.4° E)

When: Vasalemma Formation, Katian (453.0 - 445.2 Ma)

• Early Katian

Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; grainstone and wackestone

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: B. Kröger, L. Hints, and O. Lehnert. 2014. Age, facies, and geometry of the Sandbian/Katian (Upper Ordovician) pelmatozoan-bryozoan-receptaculitid reefs of the Vasalemma Formation, northern Estonia. Facies [W. Kiessling/M. Krause]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 164256: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Mihaela Krause on 27.11.2014

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Taxonomic list

Rhynchonellata
 Orthida - Saukrodictyidae
Saukrodictya sp. Wright 1964
 Orthida - Platystrophiidae
Gastropoda
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Gastropoda indet. Cuvier 1795 snail
 Life -
Leiosphaeridia sp. Eisenack 1958