Piirsalu, Adila Fm. (Ordovician of Estonia)

Also known as Piersal

Where: Lääne, Estonia (59.1° N, 24.0° E: paleocoordinates 28.5° S, 1.3° W)

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Adila Formation, Pirgu (449.5 - 445.2 Ma)

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: E. Koken and J. Perner. 1925. Die Gastropoden des baltischen Untersilurs 1-324 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner/P. Wagner]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 154617: authorized by Pete Wagner, entered by Pete Wagner on 25.02.2014, edited by Björn Kröger

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Taxonomic list

Strophomenata
 Strophomenida - Strophomenidae
Rugomena adilensis3 Rõõmusoks 1993
 Strophomenida - Rafinesquinidae
Pirgumena martnai4 Roomusoks 1993
 Strophomenida - Furcitellidae
Luhaia vardi4 Roomusoks 1956
Gastropoda
 Bellerophontida - Bucaniidae
Bucania cornu, "Bucania crassa" = Megalomphala crassa1
Bucania cornu Koken 1897 snail
"Bucania crassa" = Megalomphala crassa1 Koken 1896 snail
 Murchisoniina - Subulitidae
Subulites subula Koken 1896 snail
 Murchisoniina - Trochonematidae
"? Eunema piersalense n. sp." = Globonema piersalense2
"? Eunema piersalense n. sp." = Globonema piersalense2 Koken 1897 snail