Vasalemma quarry, Vasalemma Fm.: Keila, Estonia

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
Barrandeocerid indet.
Kröger and Aubrechtova 2017
Paracrinoidea - Comarocystitida - Achradocystitidae
Achradocystites sp. Volborth 1870
Rozhnov 2015
Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Trigonirhynchiidae
Rostricellula nobilis Oraspold 1956
Rõõmusoks 1964 4 specimens
Cephalopoda
Cephalopoda indet. Cuvier 1797
Kröger and Aubrechtova 2017 1 specimen
Cephalopoda - Discosorida - Westonoceratidae
Hemibeloitoceras sp. Balashov 1962
Kröger and Aubrechtova 2017
Hemibeloitoceras molis Kröger and Aubrechtova 2017
Kröger and Aubrechtova 2017
Cephalopoda - Tarphycerida - Trocholitidae
Discoceras sp. Barrande 1867
Kröger and Aubrechtova 2017
Discoceras rarospira (Eichwald 1860)
Kröger and Aubrechtova 2017
original and current combination Rectanguloceras rarospira
Discoceras vasalemmense (Balaschov 1953)
Kröger and Aubrechtova 2017
Cephalopoda - Oncocerida - Oncoceratidae
Oncoceratidae indet. Hyatt 1884
Kröger and Aubrechtova 2017 1 specimen
Cephalopoda - Barrandeocerida - Barrandeoceratidae
Vasalemmoceras tolerabile Stumbur 1962
Kröger and Aubrechtova 2017
Cephalopoda - Orthocerida - Proteoceratidae
Isorthoceras cavi Kröger and Aubrechtova 2017
Kröger and Aubrechtova 2017
Isorthoceras maris Kröger and Aubrechtova 2017
Kröger and Aubrechtova 2017
Cephalopoda - Orthocerida - Orthoceratidae
Striatocycloceras undulostriatum (Hall 1847)
Kröger and Aubrechtova 2017
Pleurorthoceras organi Kröger and Aubrechtova 2017
Kröger and Aubrechtova 2017
Cephalopoda - Dissidocerida - Geisonoceratidae
Ordogeisonoceras tartuensis Kröger and Aubrechtova 2017
Kröger and Aubrechtova 2017 1 specimen
Cephalopoda - Actinocerida - Ormoceratidae
Orthonybyoceras sp. Shimizu and Obata 1935
Kröger and Aubrechtova 2017 17 specimens
Orthonybyoceras isakari Kröger and Aubrechtova 2017
Kröger and Aubrechtova 2017 14 specimens
Orthonybyoceras cf. dyeri (Miller 1875)
Kröger and Aubrechtova 2017 39 specimens
Orthonybyoceras moisense Kröger and Aubrechtova 2017
Kröger and Aubrechtova 2017 2 specimens
Trilobita - Phacopida - Pterygometopidae
Toxochasmops (Schmidtops) maximus (Schmidt 1881)
recombined as Toxochasmops (Schmidtops) maxima
see common names

Geography
Country:Estonia State/province:Harju County:Vasalemma
Coordinates: 59.2° North, 24.3° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:33.0° South, 1.8° West
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Time
Period:Ordovician Epoch:Late/Upper Ordovician
Stage:Sandbian 10 m.y. bin:Ordovician 4
Key time interval:Keila
Age range of interval:453.90000 - 453.00000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Vasalemma
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified carbonaceous "limestone"
Environment:reef, buildup or bioherm
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils,mesofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection excludes:some genera
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Metadata
Database number:169041
Authorizer:B. Kröger Enterer:B. Kröger
Modifier:B. Kröger Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2015-05-05 12:26:29 Last modified:2017-09-12 08:22:43
Access level:the public Released:2015-05-05 12:26:29
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
55217. A. Roomusoks. 1998. Trilobites of the Genus Toxochasmops from the Ordovician of Estonia. Proceedings of the Estonian Academy of Sciences, Geology 47(3):173-194 [B. Kröger/B. Kröger/P. Wagner]

Secondary references:

63241 B. Kröger and M. Aubrechtova. 2017. Cephalopods from reef limestone of the Vasalemma Formation, northern Estonia (latest Sandbian, Upper Ordovician) and the establishment of a local warm-water fauna. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 14(7):1-42 [B. Kröger/B. Kröger/B. Kröger]
56844 A. Rõõmusoks. 1964. Some Brachiopods from Ordovician Estonia (Nekotorye Brachiopody iz Ordovika Estonii). Tartu Riikliku Ülikooli Toimetised 1-28 [B. Kröger/B. Kröger]
56473 S. V. Rozhnov. 2015. On the Paracrinoid-like Echinoderms Achradocystites Volborth, 1870 and Heckerites Rozhnov, 1987 from the Ordovician of Baltica. Instituto Geologico y Minero de Espana 147-150 [B. Kröger/B. Kröger/B. Kröger]