Võhma borehole: Vormsi, Estonia

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Anthozoa - Favositida - Favositidae
Palaeofavosites estonus Sokolov 1951
Klaamann 1964
Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Productorthidae
Nicolella aff. oswaldi Buch 1849
Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Hesperorthidae
Ptychopleurella sp. Schuchert and Cooper 1931
Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Plaesiomyidae
Plaesiomys solaris (Buch 1849)
Dinorthis (Plaesiomys) solaris
Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Platystrophiidae
Platystrophia lutkevichi Alikhova 1951
Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Dalmanellidae
Isorthis cf. estona Alichova 1953
Dalmanella estona Wysogorski 1900
Alikhova 1953
synonym of Isorthis estona
Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Dicoelosiidae
Dicoelosia transversa Wright 1968
Strophomenata - Orthotetida - Triplesiidae
Oxoplecia sp. Wilson 1913
Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Sowerbyellidae
Eoplectodonta cf. paracostata
Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Leptestiidae
Sampo cf. mucronata
see common names

Geography
Country:Estonia County:Viljandi
Coordinates: 58.6° North, 25.6° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:29.1° South, 0.3° West
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Time
Period:Ordovician Epoch:Late/Upper Ordovician
Stage:Katian 10 m.y. bin:Ordovician 5
Key time interval:Vormsi
Age range of interval:450.00000 - 449.60000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: "limestone"
Secondary lithology: marl
Lithology description: micritic (aphanitic) limestone
Environment:marine indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils,mesofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection excludes:some genera
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Metadata
Database number:168967
Authorizer:B. Kröger Enterer:B. Kröger
Modifier:B. Kröger
Created:2015-05-04 06:40:03 Last modified:2015-12-02 06:11:06
Access level:the public Released:2015-05-04 06:40:03
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

55212. L. Hints and D. A. T. Harper. 2003. Review of the Ordovician rhynchonelliformean Brachiopoda of the East Baltic: Their distribution and biofacies. Bulletin of the Geological Society of Denmark 50:29-43 [B. Kröger/B. Kröger]

Secondary references:

55839 T. N. Alikhova. 1953. Rukovodyashchaya fauna brakhiopod ordovikskikh otlozhenij severo-sapadnoy chasti russkoj platformy. Trudy Vsesoyusnogo Nauchno-Issledovatel'skogo Geologicheskogo Instituta (VSEBEI) Ministerstva Geologichestii i Okhrany NEDR 1-127 [B. Kröger/B. Kröger]
57102 E. Klaamann. 1964. Late Ordovician and early Silurian Favositida of Estonia. Eesti NSV Teaduste Akadeemia Geoloogia Instituut (501)1-117 [B. Kröger/B. Kröger]