trench near Lüganuse Quarry (Ordovician of Estonia)

Also known as Locality D6; Luganuse

Where: Ida-Viru, Estonia (59.4° N, 27.1° E: paleocoordinates 34.5° S, 0.6° W)

• coordinate stated in text

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Väo Formation, Lasnamagi (463.5 - 460.9 Ma)

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

•stratigraphic position is not stated with certainty in the primary reference

Environment/lithology: open shallow subtidal; lithified 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 87262: 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