Ruhnu 500 borehole, 610.1-617.25 m, Kuldiga Fm. (Ordovician of Estonia)

Where: Estonia (57.8° N, 23.2° E: paleocoordinates 28.2° S, 1.2° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Kuldiga Formation, Porkuni (445.6 - 443.7 Ma)

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lithology not reported

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Collection methods: core

Primary reference: L. Hints and D. A. T. Harper. 2015. The Hirnantian (Late Ordovician) brachiopod fauna of the East Baltic: Taxonomy of the key species. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 60(2):395-420 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 173388: authorized by Björn Kröger, entered by Björn Kröger on 24.09.2015

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Taxonomic list

Rhynchonellata
 Orthida - Dalmanellidae
 Orthida - Draboviidae
Draborthis cf. caelebs Marek and Havlíček 1967
Strophomenata
 Orthotetida - Chilidiopsidae
"Coolinia sp." = Fardenia (Coolinia)
"Coolinia sp." = Fardenia (Coolinia) Bancroft 1949
 Orthotetida - Triplesiidae
Cliftonia psittacina Wahlenberg 1821
 Strophomenida - Leptostrophiidae
 Strophomenida - Glyptomenidae
"Paromalomena polonica" = Paromalomena macmahoni, Proboscisambon sp.
"Paromalomena polonica" = Paromalomena macmahoni Reed 1915
Proboscisambon sp. Havlicek and Mergl 1982
 Strophomenida - Rafinesquinidae
"Leptaena (Leptaena) rugosa" = Leptaena rugosa
"Leptaena (Leptaena) rugosa" = Leptaena rugosa Dalman 1828