Nyby bioherm, F1c stage (Ordovician of Estonia)

Also known as Niibi

Where: Lääne, Estonia (59.0° N, 23.7° E: paleocoordinates 28.6° S, 1.5° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Pirgu (449.5 - 445.6 Ma)

Environment/lithology: marine; limestone

• "biohermal limestone of pirgu stage F1c", in Rõõmusoks (1964)

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Primary reference: D. L. Kaljo. 1961. Some Additional Data on the Study of Ordovician Streptelasmids in Estonia. ENSV Teaduste Akadeemia Geoloogia Instituudi Uurimused VI 6:51-66 [B. Kröger/B. Kröger]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 174087: authorized by Björn Kröger, entered by Björn Kröger on 28.10.2015

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Taxonomic list

Stromatoporoidea
 Actinostromatida - Plumataliniidae
Plumatalinia ferax3 Nestor 1960 stromatoporoid sponge
Anthozoa
 Heliolitida - Halysitidae
Eocatenipora parallela2 Schmidt 1858 tabulate coral
 Stauriida - Streptelasmatidae
Kenophyllum subcylindricum Kaljo 1961 horn coral
Streptelasma (Kenophyllum) subcylindricum
Brachyelasma duncani1 Dybowski 1873 horn coral
Rhynchonellata
 Pentamerida - Camerellidae
Stenocamara biohermica4 Rõõmusoks 1964