Vasalemma, Nordkalk Quarry, Vasalemma Fm. (Ordovician of Estonia)

Where: Harju, Estonia (59.2° N, 24.3° E: paleocoordinates 33.0° S, 1.8° W)

• coordinate stated in text

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Vasalemma Formation, Keila (453.9 - 453.0 Ma)

• "lower part of Vasalemma Formation", in Hints (2010)

Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; grainstone

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Primary reference: L. Hints. 2010. A new glyptorthid species (Brachiopoda: Orthida) from the Upper Ordovician of Estonia. Estonian Journal of Earth Sciences 59(3):189-194 [B. Kröger/B. Kröger]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 168223: authorized by Björn Kröger, entered by Björn Kröger on 17.04.2015

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Taxonomic list

Crinoidea
 Myelodactylida - Iocrinidae
Ristnacrinus oepiki1 Ausich et al. 2015 Sea lily
Ristnacrinus marinus1 Opik 1934 Sea lily
Paracrinoidea
  - Heckeritidae
Rhynchonellata
 Orthida - Glyptorthidae
Bassettella alata Hints 2010