Mõnuste (Kirna), Saunja Fm.: Nabala, Estonia

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Cephalopoda - Orthocerida - Dawsonoceratidae
Dawsonoceras sp. Hyatt 1884
1 individual
Cephalopoda - Orthocerida - Orthoceratidae
Striatocycloceras obliquum (d'Eichwald 1860)
2 individuals
Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Subulitidae
Subulites subula Koken 1896
Koken and Perner 1925
Subulites (Fusispira) ovalis Koken 1897
Koken and Perner 1925
recombined as Fusispira ovalis
Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Hormotomidae
Murchisonia insignis d'Eichwald 1860
Koken and Perner 1925
recombined as Hormotoma insignis
Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Lophospiridae
Ectomaria kirnaensis n. sp. Koken 1897
Koken 1896
synonym of Ectomaria nieszkowskii
Worthenia turbinoides Koken and Perner 1925
Koken and Perner 1925
synonym of Loxoplocus sedgwicki
Worthenia aista Koken 1896
Koken and Perner 1925
synonym of Ruedemannia lirata
Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Gosseletinidae
Latitaenia kirnaensis Koken and Perner 1925
Koken and Perner 1925
Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Eotomariidae
Raphistoma numismale (Koken 1896)
Koken and Perner 1925
recombined as Liospira numismale
Eotomaria chamaeconus (Koken 1896)
Koken 1897
recombined as Pseudocryptaulina chamaeconus
Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Phanerotrematidae
Brachytomaria nodulosa n. sp. Koken 1896
Koken 1897
Gastropoda - Euomphalina - Helicotomidae
Palaeomphalus gradata (Koken 1896)
Koken and Perner 1925
original and current combination Euomphalus gradatus
Gastropoda - Euomphalina - Platyceratidae
Eunema rupestre (d'Eichwald 1856)
Koken and Perner 1925
recombined as Cyclonema rupestre
Gastropoda - Euomphalina - Macluritidae
Maclurea neritoides d'Eichwald 1860
d'Eichwald 1860
recombined as Maclurites neritoides
Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Rafinesquinidae
Harjumena schmidti (Gagel and Holtedahl 1916)
Roomusoks 2004 1 specimen
Rafinesquina schmidti
Bekkeromena ilmari Roomusoks 2004
Roomusoks 2004 9 specimens
see common names

Geography
Country:Estonia State/province:Harju County:Kernu
Coordinates: 59.1° North, 24.5° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:29.9° South, 1.1° West
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period:Ordovician Epoch:Late/Upper Ordovician
Stage:middle Late Ordovician 10 m.y. bin:Ordovician 4
Key time interval:Nabala
Age range of interval:452.00000 - 449.50000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Saunja
Stratigraphy comments: The quarry at Mõnuste comprises the type section of the Saunja Formation (see caption of fig. 53 in Raukas & Teedumäe [eds.] 1997, Geology and Mineral Resources of Estonia, html version, http://sarv.gi.ee/geology);
The Nabala Regional Stage is formerly known as the lower part of the "Lyckholm'sche Schicht" (Raukas & Teedumäe [eds.] 1997)
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified lime mudstone
Lithology description: The Saunja Fm. comprises "up-to-28-m-thick micritic limestones" being "lithologically uniform and occur all over Estonia" (Raukas & Teedumäe [eds.] 1997, Geology and Mineral Resources of Estonia, html version, http://sarv.gi.ee/geology)
Environment:open shallow subtidal
Geology comments: "North Estonian Confacies Belt at the northern flank of the Livonian Tongue" (Kröger & Isakar, 2006)
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:cast
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Spatial resolution:autochthonous
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Taxonomic list comments:Koken's snail data reflects "Kirna" from this interval (PJW).
Metadata
Also known as:Locality N3, Monuste
Database number:87298
Authorizer:B. Kröger, P. Wagner Enterer:T. Liebrecht, P. Wagner, B. Kröger
Modifier:B. Kröger Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2009-03-14 07:53:12 Last modified:2015-05-08 04:09:06
Access level:the public Released:2009-03-14 07:53:12
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

29316. 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]

Secondary references:

15846 E. d'Eichwald. 1860. Lethaea rossica ou paléontologie de la Russie. Premier Volume. Seconde section de l'ancienne Période 1-1657 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner]
16116 E. Koken. 1896. Die Leitfossilien. Ein Handbuch für den Unterricht und für das Bestimmen von Versteinerungen 1-848 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner/P. Wagner]
13884 E. Koken. 1897. Die Gastropoden des baltischen Untersilurs. Bulletin de l'Académie Impériale des Sciences de St. Pétersburg 7(2):97-214 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner/P. Wagner]
11503 E. Koken and J. Perner. 1925. Die Gastropoden des baltischen Untersilurs 1-324 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner/P. Wagner]
55097 A. Roomusoks. 2004. Ordovician strophomenoid brachiopods of northern Estonia. Fossilia Baltica 3:1-150 [B. Kröger/B. Kröger/P. Wagner]