Where: Harju, Estonia (59.4° N, 24.8° E: paleocoordinates 39.8° S, 5.2° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Prioniodus elegans conodont zone, Maëkula Member (Leetse Formation), Billingen (474.8 - 471.1 Ma)
• Very base of O. evae zone.
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; glauconitic, silty sandstone
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Primary reference: V. Viira, A. Löfgren, S. Mägi and J. Wickström. 2001. An Early to Middle Ordovician succession of conodont faunas at Mäekalda, northern Estonia. Geological Magazine 138(66):99-718 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 203646: authorized by Pete Wagner, entered by Pete Wagner on 21.08.2019
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Conodonta | |
Decoriconus peselephantis conodont | |
Prioniodus elegans conodont | |
Oistodus lanceolatus Pander 1856 conodont | |
"Drepanodus arcuatus" = Acodus similaris
"Drepanodus arcuatus" = Acodus similaris Rhodes 1955 conodont | |
? Scandodus subarcuatus conodont | |
Paltodus deltiter, Paltodus subaequalis, Drepanoistodus cf. nowlani, Drepanoistodus forceps, Paroistodus proteus
Paltodus deltiter conodont
Paltodus subaequalis Pander 1856 conodont
Drepanoistodus cf. nowlani conodont
Drepanoistodus forceps Lindström 1955 conodont
Paroistodus proteus Lindström 1955 conodont | |
Protopanderodus cf. gradatus, "Scolopodus rex" = Scolopodus striatus
Protopanderodus cf. gradatus conodont
"Scolopodus rex" = Scolopodus striatus Pander 1856 conodont | |
Semiacontiodus spp. conodont | |
Cordylodus spp. Pander 1856 conodont |