Haapsalu area, Hilliste bioherm type 1 (Silurian of Estonia)

Also known as Reef 3669

Where: Estonia (58.9° N, 23.5° E: paleocoordinates 24.8° S, 1.7° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Hilliste Member, Juuru (443.4 - 439.0 Ma)

• unit G1-2 H

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

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

• coral-stromatoporoid bioherm, 2 m thick

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: peel or thin section,

Primary reference: A. O. Aaloe and H. E. Nestor. 1977. Biogermnaya fatsiya v yuuruskom gorizonte (nizhniy llandoveri) v severo-zapadnoy Estonii [Biohermal facies in the Juuru stage (Lower Llandoverian) in NW Estonia]. in D. L. Kaljo, Fatsii i fauna silura Pribaltiki [Facies and fauna of the Baltic Silurian] 71-88 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 77387: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 10.01.2008

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Anthozoa
 Stauriida - Stauriidae
 Auloporida - Aulocystidae
Sinopora operta Klaamann 1966 tabulate coral
Stromatoporoidea
 Stromatoporoidea -
Stromatoporoidea indet. stromatoporoid sponge