Rägavere Quarry (Ordovician of Estonia)

Where: Estonia (59.3° N, 26.4° E: paleocoordinates 30.9° S, 0.3° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Rägavere Formation, Rakvere (451.8 - 450.5 Ma)

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

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 161316: authorized by Björn Kröger, entered by Björn Kröger on 04.09.2014

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Taxonomic list

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Trilobita
 Phacopida - Pterygometopidae
Toxochasmops (Toxochasmops) wesenbergensis5
 Odontopleurida - Odontopleuridae
Acidaspis viruana1
Acidaspis viruana1 Oepik 1937 trilobite
Rhynchonellata
 Orthida - Orthidae
Boreadorthis sadewitzensis4
 Orthida - Platystrophiidae
Platystrophia orbiculata4
Platystrophia orbiculata4 Oraspold 1959
 Orthida - Dalmanellidae
Howellites wesenbergensis
Strophomenata
 Billingsellida - Clitambonitidae
"Vellamo wesenbergiensis" = Vellamo wesenbergiensis6, "Vellamo wesenbergensis" = Vellamo wesenbergiensis2
"Vellamo wesenbergiensis" = Vellamo wesenbergiensis6 Pahlen 1877
"Vellamo wesenbergensis" = Vellamo wesenbergiensis2 Pahlen 1877
Vellamo wesenbergensis auriculata
 Strophomenida - Strophomenidae
Holtedahlina rakverensis3
Holtedahlina rakverensis3 Oraspold 1956
1Bruton 1968; 2Opik 1934; 3Oraspold 1956; 4Oraspold 1959; 5Roomusoks 1998; 6Tinn 1998