Ülgase section, Ülgase Fm. (Cambrian of Estonia)

Where: Harju, Estonia (59.5° N, 25.1° E: paleocoordinates 44.8° S, 13.0° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Ülgase Formation, Maentwrogian (497.0 - 496.8 Ma)

• "The Ülgase Formation is 6.5 m thick. represented by light-grey sandstones and siltstones.", in Puura & Holmer (1993)

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; gray sandstone and siltstone

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Primary reference: I. Puura and L. E. Holmer. 1993. Lingulate brachiopods from the Cambrian-Ordovician boundary beds in Sweden. Geologiska Föreningens i Stockholm Förhandlingar 115(3):215-237 [B. Kröger/B. Kröger]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 191666: authorized by Björn Kröger, entered by Björn Kröger on 08.02.2018

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Taxonomic list

 Hyolithelminthida - Torellellidae
Torellella sp. Holm 1893
Lingulata
 Lingulida - Obolidae
Ungula inornata Mickwitz 1896
Oepikites fragilis Popov and Khazanovitch 1984
 Acrotretida - Ceratretidae
Ceratreta tanneri Metzger 1922
 Acrotretida - Acrotretidae