Riiumägi, Saaremaa, Sauvere bioherm (Silurian of Estonia)

Also known as Reef 1734

Where: Estonia (58.3° N, 21.9° E: paleocoordinates 16.8° S, 1.3° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Sauvere Formation, Gorstian (427.4 - 425.6 Ma)

• Paadla Stage, Stromatopora bekkeri community

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

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

• stromatoporoid bioherm

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: H. Nestor. 1999. Community structure and succession of Baltoscandian Early Palaeozoic stromatoporoids. Proceedings of the Estonian Academy of Sciences 48(3):123-139 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel/P. Wagner]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 79877: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 26.03.2008

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Taxonomic list

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Stromatoporoidea
 Syringostromatida - Coenostromatidae
Parallelostroma typicum
Parallelostroma typicum stromatoporoid sponge
 Clathrodictyida - Clathrodictyidae
Clathrodictyon mohicanum
Clathrodictyon mohicanum stromatoporoid sponge
 Labechiida - Lophiostromatidae
Lophiostroma schmidti
Lophiostroma schmidti stromatoporoid sponge
 Actinostromatida - Actinostromatidae
Plectostroma intermedium
Plectostroma intermedium stromatoporoid sponge
 Actinostromatida - Densastromatidae
Densastroma himmestum, Densastroma podolicum
Densastroma himmestum stromatoporoid sponge
Densastroma podolicum stromatoporoid sponge
 Stromatoporida - Stromatoporidae
Stromatopora bekkeri, "Stromatopora" lamellosa
Stromatopora bekkeri stromatoporoid sponge
"Stromatopora" lamellosa stromatoporoid sponge