Orjaku borhole, Raikküla Fm. (Silurian of Estonia)

Where: Hiiu, Estonia (58.8° N, 22.8° E: paleocoordinates 24.4° S, 2.1° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Raikküla Formation, Raikkula (440.8 - 438.8 Ma)

Environment/lithology: open shallow subtidal; limestone

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Collection methods: core

Primary reference: A. O. Aaloe and H. E. Nestor. 1977. Biogermnaya fatsiya v yuuruskom gorizonte (nizhniy llandoveri) v severo-zapadnoy Estonii [Biohermal facies in the Juuru stage (Lower Llandoverian) in NW Estonia]. in D. L. Kaljo, Fatsii i fauna silura Pribaltiki [Facies and fauna of the Baltic Silurian] 71-88 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 195422: authorized by Björn Kröger, entered by Björn Kröger on 08.08.2018

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Taxonomic list

unclassified
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Rhynchonellata
 Atrypida - Anazygidae
 Atrypida - Atrypinidae
 Athyridida - Meristellidae
Protozoa
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Chitinozoa
 Prosamatifera - Conochitinidae
Conochitina sp. Eisenack 1931