Hilliste Quarry, Hilliste Fm. (Silurian of Estonia)

Where: Estonia (58.9° N, 23.0° E: paleocoordinates 24.3° S, 2.0° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Hilliste Formation, Raikkula (440.8 - 438.8 Ma)

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; lithified reef rocks

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Collection methods: quarrying

Primary reference: M. Rubel. 2011. Silurian brachiopods Dictyonellida, Strophomenida, Productida, Orthotetida, Protorthida and Orthida from Estonia. Fossilia Baltica 4:1-65 [B. Kröger/B. Kröger]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 193523: authorized by Björn Kröger, entered by Björn Kröger on 24.05.2018

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Taxonomic list

Strophomenata
 Strophomenida - Amphistrophiidae
Eoamphistrophia sp. Harper and Boucot 1978
 Strophomenida - Furcitellidae
 Strophomenida - Rafinesquinidae
 Orthotetida - Chilidiopsidae
Coolinia applanata Salter 1846
 Orthotetida - Triplesiidae
Triplesia maennili Rubel 1963
Chileata
 Dictyonellida - Eichwaldiidae
Rhynchonellata
 Orthida - Dalmanellidae
Dalmanella cyclica Rubel 1962
 Orthida - Draboviidae
Salopina conservatrix McLearn 1924
 Orthida - Linoporellidae
Linoporella cf. punctata deVerneuil 1848
 Orthida - Platystrophiidae
 Orthida - Hesperorthidae