Kiikla, South of Jõhvi (Ordovician of Estonia)

Also known as Locality K3; Johvi

Where: Ida-Viru, Estonia (59.3° N, 27.2° E: paleocoordinates 32.7° S, 0.0° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Kahula Formation, Keila (453.9 - 453.0 Ma)

• lithostratigraphy is inferred from fig. 47 in Hints & Meidla (1997, in Raukas & Teedumäe [eds] 1997, Geology and Mineral Resources of Estonia, html version, http://sarv.gi.ee/geology)

Environment/lithology: open shallow subtidal; lithified, argillaceous limestone

• "North Estonian Confacies Belt at the northern flank of the Livonian Tongue" (Kröger & Isakar, 2006)
• informations on lithology are from Hints & Meidla (1997, in 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 87275: 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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Cephalopoda
 Orthocerida - Dawsonoceratidae
Palaeodawsonocerina senckenbergi
Palaeodawsonocerina senckenbergi Teichert 1930
spelled "Palaeodawsonoceras senckenbergi" in the reference
Rhynchonellata
 Orthida - Glyptorthidae
Bassettella gracilis2, Bassettella alata1
Bassettella gracilis2 Zuykov and Butts 2008
[Glyptorthis gracilis]
Bassettella alata1 Hints 2010
1Hints 2010; 2Zuykov and Butts 2008