Saka section, Bed E 31: Kunda, Estonia

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Lingulata - Lingulida - Pseudolingulidae
Pseudolingula sp. Mickwitz 1909
Strophomenata - Billingsellida - Gonambonitidae
Gonambonites sp. Pander 1830
Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Taffiidae
Ahtiella sp. Öpik 1932
    = Ukoa ornata Öpik 1932
Pedersen and Rasmussen 2019
Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Lycophoriidae
Lycophoria sp. Lahusen 1885
Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Orthidae
Orthambonites sp. Pander 1830
Orthambonites cf. majuscula Rubel 1961
Orthambonites calligramme (Dalman 1828)
see common names

Geography
Country:Estonia State/province:Ida-Virumaa County:Kohtla
Coordinates: 59.4° North, 27.2° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:36.5° South, 1.3° West
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Time
Period:Ordovician Epoch:Middle Ordovician
10 m.y. bin:Ordovician 2-3
Key time interval:Kunda Trilobite zone: Asaphus raniceps
Age range of interval:467.10000 - 462.90000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Loobu
Local section:Bed E Local bed:Bed E 31
Regional order:bottom to top
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Stratigraphy comments: about 60–70 cm into the A. raniceps Trilobite Zone
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:coarse,dolomitic,gray packstone
Lithology description: "The succeeding Loobu Formation is a grey dolomitized medium- to thick bedded coarse-grained, skeletal packstone, rich in cephalopods.", in Rasmussen & Harper (2008)
Environment:marine indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils,mesofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:field collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Metadata
Database number:191333
Authorizer:B. Kröger, P. Wagner Enterer:B. Kröger, P. Wagner
Modifier:P. Wagner
Created:2018-01-23 07:04:16 Last modified:2019-08-13 10:58:28
Access level:the public Released:2018-01-23 07:04:16
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

64540. C. M. O. Rasmussen and D. A. T. Harper. 2008. Resolving early Mid-Ordovician (Kundan) bioevents in the East Baltic based on brachiopods. Geobios 41:533-542 [B. Kröger/B. Kröger]

Secondary references:

69737 M. Pedersen and C. M. Ø Rasmussen. 2019. The glacially induced Middle Ordovician rise of the Plectambonitoidea (Brachiopoda) and the phylogenetic placement of the Baltic genus Ukoa. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 534 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner/M. Uhen]