Also known as Locality H6; Spithamn; Cape Põõsaspea; Poosaspea, Spitham
Where: Lääne, Estonia (59.2° N, 23.5° E: paleocoordinates 31.4° S, 1.9° W)
• coordinate stated in text
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Kahula Formation, Johvi (453.0 - 449.9 Ma)
• No stratigraphic data of higher resolution than "Haljala Regional Stage" are given in the primary reference. Hints et al. (2008, Estonian J. Earth Sci. 57(3)), in a short note, report an exposure of the Kinnekulle K-Bentonite from this locality. Thus, the rocks clearly are of Jõhvian age and belong, without much doubt, to the Kahula Formation (cf. Kaljo et al, 2007, Palaegeogr. Palaeoclimat. Palaeoecol. 245, p. 138-155, fig. 2).
Environment/lithology: open shallow subtidal; lithified, argillaceous limestone
•"Rhythmically bedded argillaceous wackestones–packstones of the Haljala Stage have been deposited in the temperate climate open marine conditions on the upper shelf or ramp (Nestor & Einasto 1997). The abundance and high diversity of benthic shelly fauna refers to the depositional environment at a moderate depth, probably within the photic zone." Ainsaar & Meidla (2004, Abstracts and Field Guide volume of WOGOGOB-2004 8th Meeting on the Working Group on the Ordovician Geology of Baltoscandia [http://www.gi.ee/WOGOGOB/wogogob_web.pdf])
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
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 87270: authorized by Björn Kröger, entered by Torsten Liebrecht on 13.03.2009, edited by Björn Kröger
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Taxonomic list
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Protocrinites oviformis2 Eichwald 1840 | |
| Trilobita | |
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| Cephalopoda | |
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Striatocycloceras undulostriatum Hall 1847 | |
| Rhynchonellata | |
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Platystrophia chama1 Eichwald 1861 | |
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Apatorthis tenuicostata1 d'Eichwald 1840 | |
| Strophomenata | |
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Kurnamena taxilla4 Oraspold 1965
Astamena inaequalis4 Roomusoks 1989 | |
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Septomena alliku4 Oraspold 1956 | |