Mõnuste quarry, Kõrgessaare Fm. (Ordovician of Estonia)

Also known as Kirna

Where: Harju, Estonia (59.1° N, 24.5° E: paleocoordinates 28.9° S, 1.1° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Pleurograptus linearis graptolite zone, Kõrgessaare Formation, Vormsi (449.9 - 449.5 Ma)

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

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 161215: authorized by Björn Kröger, entered by Björn Kröger on 03.09.2014, edited by Pete Wagner

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Anthozoa
 Stauriida - Streptelasmatidae
Kenophyllum subcylindricum3 Kaljo 1961 horn coral
Streptelasma (Kenophyllum) subcylindricum
Streptelasma (Kenophyllum) siluricum2 Dybowski 1873 horn coral
Rectigrewingkia anthelion3 Dybowski 1873 horn coral
Strophomenata
 Strophomenida - Rafinesquinidae
"Bekkeromena vormsina" = Kiaeromena (Bekkeromena) vormsina7
"Bekkeromena vormsina" = Kiaeromena (Bekkeromena) vormsina7 Roomusoks 2004
Rhynchonellata
 Orthida - Plaesiomyidae
 Orthida - Glyptorthidae
Glyptorthis plana8 Rõõmusoks 1964
 Orthida - Orthidae
"Orthis lyckholmiensis" = Sulevorthis lyckholmiensis4 Wysogorski 1900
 Orthida - Productorthidae
Nicolella oswaldi4 Buch 1849
Nicolella oswaldi oswaldi
 Orthida - Dalmanellidae
Paucicrura robusta Hints 1975
Trilobita
 Phacopida - Pterygometopidae
Valdariops angustus6 Rõõmusoks 2000 trilobite
Toxochasmops (Toxochasmops) vormsiensis5 Roomusoks 1998 trilobite
Codonophyllum
  - Codonophyllidae
Codonophyllum bekkeri1 Kaljo 1957
Codonophyllum bekkeri dentata