Saku borehole, Saku Fm. (Ordovician of Estonia)

Also known as 1098 A

Where: Estonia (59.3° N, 24.6° E: paleocoordinates 32.9° S, 1.6° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Saku Member (Vasalemma Formation), Keila (453.9 - 453.0 Ma)

• member-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Collection methods: core

Primary reference: L. Põlma, L. Sarv, and L. Hints. 1988. Lithology and Fauna of the Caradoc series type sections in North Estonia. Academy of Sciences of the Estonian SSR Institute of Geology 1-101 [B. Kröger/B. Kröger]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 197520: authorized by Björn Kröger, entered by Björn Kröger on 15.11.2018

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Taxonomic list

Rhodophyceae
  - Solenoporaceae
Solenopora sp. Dybowski 1877
Trilobita
 Phacopida - Pterygometopidae
Chasmops inge Roomusoks 1953 trilobite
Rhynchonellata
 Atrypida - Anazygidae
Anazyga sp. Davidson 1882
 Pentamerida - Porambonitidae
Porambonites sp. Pander 1830
 Rhynchonellida - Rhynchotrematidae
Rhynchotrema sp. Hall 1860
Strophomenata
 Billingsellida - Clitambonitidae
"Vellamo aff. oanduensis" = Vellamo oandoensis
"Vellamo aff. oanduensis" = Vellamo oandoensis Opik 1934
Paracrinoidea
 Comarocystitida - Achradocystitidae
Rhombifera
 Hemicosmitoida - Hemicosmitidae
Hemicosmites sp. Buch 1840
Crinoidea
 Eustenocrinida - Eustenocrinidae
"Babanicrinus kegelensis" = Virucrinus kegelensis
"Babanicrinus kegelensis" = Virucrinus kegelensis Yeltyschewa 1966 Sea lily