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
Torellella sp. Holm 1893 | |
Lingulata | |
Ungula inornata Mickwitz 1896
Oepikites fragilis Popov and Khazanovitch 1984 | |
Ceratreta tanneri Metzger 1922 | |
Angulotreta postapicalis Palmer 1954 |