Jägala, Mäeküla Member: Billingen, Estonia

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Paurorthidae
Paurorthis sp. Schuchert and Cooper 1931
Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Ranorthidae
Ranorthis parvula (Lamansky 1905)
Trilobita - Phacopida - Encrinuridae
Cybele sp. Lovén 1845
Pärnaste 2006
Trilobita - Phacopida - Cheiruridae
Krattaspis sp. Opik 1937
Pärnaste 2006
Trilobita - Asaphida - Asaphidae
Megistaspis (Paramegistaspis) sp. Balashova 1976
Pärnaste 2006
see common names

Geography
Country:Estonia
Coordinates: 59.5° North, 25.2° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:39.9° South, 5.0° West
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Time
Period:Ordovician Epoch:Early/Lower Ordovician
Stage:Floian 10 m.y. bin:Ordovician 2
Key time interval:Billingen Trilobite zone: Megalaspides (Megalaspides) dalecarlicus
Age range of interval:473.70000 - 469.30000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Leetse Member:Mäeküla
Stratigraphy comments: "BI beta", in Rubel (1961)
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:dolomitic,glauconitic "limestone"
Secondary lithology:glauconitic sandstone
Environment:shallow subtidal indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils,mesofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Metadata
Also known as:Jägala juga
Database number:191453
Authorizer:B. Kröger Enterer:B. Kröger
Modifier:B. Kröger
Created:2018-01-30 02:37:34 Last modified:2018-02-26 06:15:57
Access level:the public Released:2018-01-30 02:37:34
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

56518. M. Rubel. 1961. Brakhiopody nadsemejstv Orthacea, Dalmanellacea i Syntrophiacea iz nizhnego ordovika Pribaltiki [Lower Ordovician brachiopods of the superfamilies Orthacea, Dalmanellacea and Syntrophiacea of the Eastern Baltic]. Eesti NSV Teaduste Akadeemia Geoloogia Instituudi Uurimused 6:141-224 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner/B. Kröger]

Secondary references:

64837 H. Pärnaste. 2006. The early Ordovician trilobite distribution and zonation of the East Baltic. Proceedings of the Estonian Academy of Sciences, Geology 55(2):109-127 [B. Kröger/B. Kröger]