Körgessaare, Kõrgessaare Fm. (Ordovician of Estonia)

Where: Hiiu, Estonia (59.0° N, 22.5° E: paleocoordinates 29.4° S, 2.2° W)

• coordinate stated in text

• small collection-level geographic resolution

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

Environment/lithology: marine; limestone

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Primary reference: A. Opik. 1934. Über Klitamboniten. Publications of the Geological Institution of the University of Tartu 39:1-240 [B. Kröger/B. Kröger]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 166039: authorized by Björn Kröger, entered by Björn Kröger on 03.02.2015

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Taxonomic list

Anthozoa
 Stauriida - Streptelasmatidae
"Streptelasma (Grewingkia) europaeum" = Grewingkia europaeum3 Roemer 1861 horn coral
Streptelasma (Grewingkia) europaeum europaeum
Rectigrewingkia anthelion3 Dybowski 1873 horn coral
Streptelasma (Kenophyllum) siluricum2 Dybowski 1873 horn coral
Kenophyllum subcylindricum3 Kaljo 1961 horn coral
Streptelasma (Kenophyllum) subcylindricum
 Cystiphyllida - Palaeocyclidae
Rhabdocyclus aequispinatus1 Reiman 1954 horn coral
Stromatoporoidea
 Clathrodictyida - Clathrodictyidae
Clathrodictyon vormsiense4 Riabinin 1951 stromatoporoid sponge
Rhynchonellata
 Orthida - Platystrophiidae
Platystrophia saxbyensis5 Oraspold 1959
 Orthida - Orthidae
"Orthis lyckholmiensis" = Sulevorthis lyckholmiensis5 Wysogorski 1900
 Orthida - Glyptorthidae
Glyptorthis plana6 Rõõmusoks 1964
 Orthida - Plaesiomyidae
 Orthida - Productorthidae
Nicolella oswaldi5 Buch 1849
Nicolella oswaldi oswaldi
Strophomenata
 Billingsellida - Clitambonitidae
Vellamo verneuili Eichwald 1843