Tõrma quarry (Ordovician of Estonia)

Where: Estonia (58.8° N, 26.9° E: paleocoordinates 29.8° S, 0.3° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Saunja Formation, Nabala (450.5 - 449.9 Ma)

Environment/lithology: marine; limestone

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Collection methods: quarrying

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 161312: authorized by Björn Kröger, entered by Björn Kröger on 04.09.2014, edited by Pete Wagner

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Taxonomic list

Rhynchonellata
 Orthida - Draboviidae
Pionodema costata Hints 1975
 Orthida - Platystrophiidae
Platystrophia lutkevichi1 Alikhova 1951
Platystrophia lutkevichi satura
 Orthida - Productorthidae
Nicolella oswaldi1 Buch 1849
Nicolella oswaldi mediofida
Strophomenata
 Strophomenida - Sowerbyellidae
"Thaerodonta saunjaensis" = Sowerbyella saunjaensis2
"Thaerodonta saunjaensis" = Sowerbyella saunjaensis2 Rõõmusoks 1981
 Strophomenida - Strophomenidae
Holtedahlina subtilis3 Roomusoks 2004
 Strophomenida - Rafinesquinidae
Bekkeromena ilmari3 Roomusoks 2004
Similoleptaena crassorugata3 Roomusoks 2004
Harjumena schmidti3 Gagel and Holtedahl 1916