Also known as Locality P4; Nyby; N of Haapsalu

Where: Lääne, Estonia (59.0° N, 23.7° E: paleocoordinates 28.6° S, 1.5° W)

• coordinate stated in text

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Moe Formation, Pirgu (449.5 - 445.2 Ma)

• The Pirgu Regional Stage of northern Estonia comprises the Moe and Adila Formations, "correspond[ing] approximately to the former Nyby (Jaanusson 1944b, Männil 1966) and Piirsalu (Jaanusson 1945) substages" (Raukas & Teedumäe [eds.] 1997, Geology and Mineral Resources of Estonia, html version, http://sarv.gi.ee/geology);

•Also, the Pirgu Regional Stage is formerly known as the upper part of the "Lyckholm'sche Schicht" (Raukas & Teedumäe [eds.] 1997)

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

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 87312: authorized by Björn Kröger, entered by Torsten Liebrecht on 14.03.2009, edited by Björn Kröger

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