Aluvere Quarry, southern wall, Aluvere Member (Ordovician of Estonia)

Where: Lääne-Viru, Estonia (59.4° N, 26.4° E: paleocoordinates 32.7° S, 0.5° W)

• coordinate stated in text

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Aluvere Member (Kahula Formation), Idavere (458.0 - 453.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: open shallow subtidal; lithified, argillaceous limestone

• informations on lithology are from Raukas & Teedumäe (eds, 1997, Geology and Mineral Resources of Estonia, html version, http://sarv.gi.ee/geology)

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Primary reference: L. Hints. 1975. Ordovician brachiopods Enteletacea of the east baltic area. Eesti NSV Teaduste Akadeemia Geoloogia Institut 1-119 [B. Kröger/B. Kröger]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 161125: authorized by Björn Kröger, entered by Björn Kröger on 02.09.2014

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Taxonomic list

Rhynchonellata
 Orthida - Dalmanellidae