Mäekalda, Kadriorg Park, Ülgase Fm. (Cambrian of Estonia)

Where: Tallinn, Estonia (59.4° N, 24.7° E: paleocoordinates 44.4° S, 12.2° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Ülgase Formation, Furongian (497.0 - 485.4 Ma)

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; quartzose, yellow, silty sandstone and siltstone

• "Ülgase Formation is dominated by light coloured, yellow or grey, quartzose, silty sands and silt..", in Holmer & Popov (1990)

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Primary reference: L. E. Holmer and L. E. Popov. 1990. The acrotretacean brachiopod Ceratreta tanneri (Metzger) from the Upper Cambrian of Baltoscandia. Geologiska Föreningen i Stockholm Förhandlingar 112(3):249-263 [B. Kröger/B. Kröger]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 191164: authorized by Björn Kröger, entered by Björn Kröger on 12.01.2018

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Taxonomic list

Conodonta
  - Amphigeisinidae
Phakelodus tenuis Muller 1959 conodont
Lingulata
 Lingulida - Obolidae
Ungula inornata Mickwitz 1896
Oepikites sp. Khazanovitch and Popov 1984
Oepikites fragilis Popov and Khazanovitch 1984
 Acrotretida - Acrotretidae
 Acrotretida - Ceratretidae
Ceratreta tanneri Metzger 1922