Saxby North, Kõrgessaare Fm. (Ordovician of Estonia)

Also known as Saksby

Where: Lääne, Estonia (59.0° N, 23.1° E: paleocoordinates 29.2° S, 1.8° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

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

Environment/lithology: marine; limestone

• bioclastic limestone

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Primary reference: D. Kaljo. 1957. The Baltic Ordovician and Llandoverian Codonophyllacea. Eesti NSV Teaduste Akadeemia Juures Asuva Loodusuurijate Seltsi 153-168 [B. Kröger/B. Kröger/B. Kröger]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 174104: authorized by Björn Kröger, entered by Björn Kröger on 28.10.2015, edited by Barbara Seuss

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Taxonomic list

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unclassified
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Nautiloidea indet.3, Bryozoa indet.3, Brachiopoda indet.3, Mollusca indet.3, Trilobita indet.3, Tabulata indet.3, Gastropoda indet.3, Rugosa indet.3, Stromatopodoidea indet.3
Stromatopodoidea indet.3
associated with Cornulites sp.
Tentaculita
 Cornulitida - Cornulitidae
Cornulites sp.3
Cornulites sp.3 Schlotheim 1820
associated with stromatoporoid and Stelliporella parvistella
Lingulata
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Lingulata sp.3
Lingulata sp.3 Gorjansky and Popov 1985
associated with Propora sp.
 Lingulida - Pseudolingulidae
Pseudolingula sp.3
Pseudolingula sp.3 Mickwitz 1909
 Lingulida - Obolidae
Rowellella sp.3
Rowellella sp.3 Wright 1963
associated with Diplotrypa densitabulata
Rhynchonellata
 Orthida - Plaesiomyidae
Dinorthis (Plaesiomys) solaris2, Dinorthis (Plaesiomys) saxbyana2
 Orthida - Productorthidae
Nicolella oswaldi2
Nicolella oswaldi2 Buch 1849
Nicolella oswaldi oswaldi
 Orthida - Orthidae
Boreadorthis sadewitzensis2, "Orthis lyckholmiensis" = Sulevorthis lyckholmiensis2
"Orthis lyckholmiensis" = Sulevorthis lyckholmiensis2 Wysogorski 1900
 Orthida - Platystrophiidae
Platystrophia saxbyensis2
Platystrophia saxbyensis2 Oraspold 1959
Stenolaemata
 Trepostomata - Halloporidae
Diplotrypa densitabulata3
Diplotrypa densitabulata3
with Chaetosalpinx isp.; also associated with Rowewella sp.
Anthozoa
 Cystiphyllida - Tryplasmatidae
Neotryplasma longiseptata
Neotryplasma longiseptata Kaljo 1957 horn coral
 Stauriida - Streptelasmatidae
Streptelasma (Kenophyllum) siluricum1
Streptelasma (Kenophyllum) siluricum1 Dybowski 1873 horn coral
 Tabulata -
Heliolitida indet.3
Heliolitida indet.3 Frech 1897 tabulate coral
laminar, mostly broken
 Heliolitida - Stelliporellidae
Stelliporella parvistella3
Stelliporella parvistella3 tabulate coral
associated with Cornulites sp.
 Heliolitida - Proporidae
Propora sp.3
Propora sp.3 Milne-Edwards and Haime 1849 tabulate coral
associated with a lingulate
1Kaljo 1958; 2Oraspold 1959; 3Vinn et al. 2022