Borrby (old quarry), Vormsi Island, Kõrgessaare Fm. (Ordovician of Estonia)

Also known as Borbi

Where: Estonia (59.0° N, 23.2° E: paleocoordinates 29.2° S, 1.8° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Kõrgessaare Formation, Vormsi (449.9 - 449.5 Ma)

Environment/lithology: marine; limestone

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 161129: authorized by Björn Kröger, entered by Björn Kröger on 02.09.2014

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Taxonomic list

Rhynchonellata
 Orthida - Plaesiomyidae
 Orthida - Orthidae
"Orthis lyckholmiensis" = Sulevorthis lyckholmiensis1
"Orthis lyckholmiensis" = Sulevorthis lyckholmiensis1 Wysogorski 1900
 Orthida - Productorthidae
Nicolella oswaldi1 Buch 1849
Nicolella oswaldi oswaldi
 Orthida - Platystrophiidae
Platystrophia saxbyensis1 Oraspold 1959
Platystrophia humilis1 Oraspold 1959
 Orthida - Dalmanellidae
Paucicrura robusta Hints 1975
Strophomenata
 Strophomenida - Rafinesquinidae
"Similoleptaena paucirugata" = Leptaena paucirugata2, "Bekkeromena vormsina" = Kiaeromena (Bekkeromena) vormsina2
"Similoleptaena paucirugata" = Leptaena paucirugata2 Roomusoks 1989
"Bekkeromena vormsina" = Kiaeromena (Bekkeromena) vormsina2 Roomusoks 2004