Kudjape ditch, Kudjape Beds (Silurian of Estonia)

Where: Saare, Estonia (58.3° N, 22.5° E: paleocoordinates 12.0° S, 1.0° W)

When: Kudjape Formation, Kuressaare (421.3 - 419.2 Ma)

Environment/lithology: nodular, gray, green, argillaceous packstone and argillaceous marl

• open shelf facies belt
• with argillaceous limestone nodules

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Primary reference: T. Märss and R. Einasto. 1990. Locality 7 :2 Kudjape Ditch. In D. Kaljo & H. Nestor (ed.), Field Meeting Estonia 1990, Excursion Guidebook 174 [B. Kröger/B. Kröger]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 195605: authorized by Björn Kröger, entered by Björn Kröger on 14.08.2018

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Taxonomic list

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unclassified
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Loconema sp., Comphonchus sandelensis
Trilobita
 Proetida - Proetidae
Proetus kuressaarensis
Proetus kuressaarensis Männil 1981 trilobite
 Phacopida - Calymenidae
Calymene flabellata
Rhynchonellata
 Spiriferida - Delthyrididae
Delthyris elevata
Delthyris elevata Dalman 1828
Chondrichthyes
 Climatiiformes - Climatiidae
Nostolepis striata
Nostolepis striata Pander 1856 spiny fish
 Thelodontida - Coelolepidae
Thelodus sculptilis, Thelodus admirabilis, Thelodus parvidens
Thelodus parvidens Agassiz 1839
Stromatoporoidea
 Actinostromatida - Densastromatidae
Densastroma astroites
Densastroma astroites stromatoporoid sponge