Vasalemma quarry, Vasalemma Fm. (Ordovician of Estonia)

Where: Harju, Estonia (59.2° N, 24.3° E: paleocoordinates 33.0° S, 1.8° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Vasalemma Formation, Keila (453.9 - 453.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; lithified, carbonaceous limestone

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Primary reference: A. Roomusoks. 1998. Trilobites of the Genus Toxochasmops from the Ordovician of Estonia. Proceedings of the Estonian Academy of Sciences, Geology 47(3):173-194 [B. Kröger/B. Kröger/P. Wagner]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 169041: authorized by Björn Kröger, entered by Björn Kröger on 05.05.2015

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Taxonomic list

unclassified
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Paracrinoidea
 Comarocystitida - Achradocystitidae
Achradocystites sp.3 Volborth 1870
Rhynchonellata
 Rhynchonellida - Trigonirhynchiidae
Rostricellula nobilis2 Oraspold 1956
Cephalopoda
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Cephalopoda indet.1 Cuvier 1797
 Discosorida - Westonoceratidae
Hemibeloitoceras sp.1 Balashov 1962
Hemibeloitoceras molis1 Kröger and Aubrechtova 2017
 Tarphycerida - Trocholitidae
Discoceras sp.1 Barrande 1867
Discoceras rarospira1 Eichwald 1860
Discoceras vasalemmense1 Balaschov 1953
 Oncocerida - Oncoceratidae
 Barrandeocerida - Barrandeoceratidae
 Orthocerida - Proteoceratidae
Isorthoceras cavi1 Kröger and Aubrechtova 2017
Isorthoceras maris1 Kröger and Aubrechtova 2017
 Orthocerida - Orthoceratidae
Pleurorthoceras organi1 Kröger and Aubrechtova 2017
 Dissidocerida - Geisonoceratidae
Ordogeisonoceras tartuensis1 Kröger and Aubrechtova 2017
 Actinocerida - Ormoceratidae
Orthonybyoceras sp.1 Shimizu and Obata 1935
Orthonybyoceras isakari1 Kröger and Aubrechtova 2017
Orthonybyoceras moisense1 Kröger and Aubrechtova 2017
Trilobita
 Phacopida - Pterygometopidae
Toxochasmops (Schmidtops) maximus Schmidt 1881 trilobite