Rummu Quarry (Ordovician of Estonia)

Where: Vasalemma, Estonia (59.2° N, 24.2° E)

• Paleocoordinates: 29.6° S, 61.7° W (Wright 2013)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Vasalemma Formation, Keila (453.9 - 452.8 Ma)

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

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Primary reference: B. Kröger and M. Aubrechtova. 2017. Cephalopods from reef limestone of the Vasalemma Formation, northern Estonia (latest Sandbian, Upper Ordovician) and the establishment of a local warm-water fauna. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 14(7):1-42 [B. Kröger/B. Kröger/B. Kröger]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 188570: authorized by Björn Kröger, entered by Björn Kröger on 07.09.2017, edited by Mihaela Krause

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Taxonomic list

Rhombifera
 Hemicosmitoida - Hemicosmitidae
Hemicosmites sp. Buch 1840
Cephalopoda
 Actinocerida - Ormoceratidae
Orthonybyoceras isakari Kröger and Aubrechtova 2017
 Discosorida - Westonoceratidae
Hemibeloitoceras arduum Kröger and Aubrechtova 2017
 Tarphycerida - Trocholitidae
Discoceras vasalemmense Balaschov 1953
 Cyrtocerinida - Cyrtocerinidae
Rummoceras rummuensis Kröger and Aubrechtova 2017
Bryozoa
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Stenolaemata
 Cystoporata - Ceramoporidae
Ceramopora sp. Hall 1851
Anthozoa
 Lichenariida - Lyoporidae
Eofletcheria sp. Bassler 1950 tabulate coral