Maardu quarry (Ordovician of Estonia)

Where: Harju, Estonia (59.5° N, 24.9° E: paleocoordinates 34.6° S, 1.9° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Väo Formation, Lasnamagi (463.5 - 460.9 Ma)

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: cast, replaced with phosphate

Collection methods: acetic,

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 155344: authorized by Pete Wagner, entered by Pete Wagner on 09.04.2014

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Taxonomic list

Gastropoda
 Bellerophontida - Bucaniidae
"Salpingostoma crassum" = Salpingostoma megalostoma
"Salpingostoma crassum" = Salpingostoma megalostoma d'Eichwald 1840 snail