Kallavere (Ordovician of Estonia)

Also known as Locality D5

Where: Harju, Estonia (59.5° N, 25.0° E: paleocoordinates 34.6° S, 1.9° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Kandle Formation, Aseri (463.5 - 460.9 Ma)

• informations on lithostratigraphy are from Käljo et al (2007, Palaegeogr. Palaeoclimat. Palaeoecol. 245, p. 138-155, fig. 2)

Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; lithified, ooidal limestone

• "North Estonian Confacies Belt at the northern flank of the Livonian Tongue"
• informations on lithology are from Raukas & Teedumäe (eds, 1997, Geology and Mineral Resources of Estonia, html version, http://sarv.gi.ee/geology)

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: cast

Primary reference: B. Kröger and M. Isakar. 2006. Revision of annulated orthoceridan cephalopods of the Baltoscandic Ordovician. Fossil Record 9(1):137-163 [B. Kröger/B. Kröger/B. Kröger]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 87261: authorized by Björn Kröger, entered by Torsten Liebrecht on 13.03.2009

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Taxonomic list

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Cephalopoda
 Orthocerida - Orthoceratidae
Ctenoceras schmidti
Ctenoceras schmidti Noetling 1884