Kurtna Quarry, Hirmuse Fm. (Ordovician of Estonia)

Also known as Locality O1; SE of Saue

Where: Harju, Estonia (59.2° N, 24.7° E: paleocoordinates 31.7° S, 1.2° W)

• coordinate stated in text

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Hirmuse Formation, Oandu (453.0 - 451.8 Ma)

• Despite no exact stratigraphic data are given in the primary reference, the locality most likely is within the Hirmuse Formation (see 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)
• lithology is according to Hints & Meidla (1997)

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 87280: 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
Striatocycloceras undulostriatum