Niibi, Moe Fm.: Pirgu, Estonia
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Strophomenata
- Strophomenida
- Furcitellidae
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Geniculina pseudoalternata
(Schmidt 1858)
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Roomusoks 2004 | 5 specimens | |||||
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Strophomenata
- Strophomenida
- Rafinesquinidae
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Pirgumena martnai
Roomusoks 1993
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Roomusoks 2004 | 1 specimen | |||||
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Rhynchonellata
- Orthida
- Draboviidae
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Hirnantia ? sp.
Lamont 1935
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Hints 1975 | 1 specimen | |||||
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Rhynchonellata
- Orthida
- Dalmanellidae
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Isorthis estona
Alichova 1953
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Hints 1975 | 1 specimen | |||||
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Cephalopoda
- Orthocerida
- Dawsonoceratidae
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Palaeodawsonocerina senckenbergi
(Teichert 1930)
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1 individual | ||||||
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Geography
| Country: | Estonia | State/province: | Lääne | County: | Oru |
| Coordinates: | 59.0° North, 23.7° East (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 28.6° South, 1.5° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | stated in text | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Ordovician | Epoch: | Late/Upper Ordovician |
| Stage: | Katian | 10 m.y. bin: | Ordovician 5 |
| Key time interval: | Pirgu | ||
| Age range of interval: | 449.60000 - 445.20000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Moe | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: 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) |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | shelly/skeletal lithified "limestone" |
| Secondary lithology: | lithified argillaceous "limestone" |
| Lithology description: "The Moe Formation, up to 40 m in thickness, consists of micritic and bioclastic nodular or bedded limestones with argillaceous intercalations [...] The Adila Formation comprises predominantly bioclastic limestones with a thickness of 10-15 m." (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: | body,cast |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils,mesofossils |
| Spatial resolution: | autochthonous |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection excludes: | some genera |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Locality P4; Nyby; N of Haapsalu | ||
| Database number: | 87312 | ||
| Authorizer: | B. Kröger | Enterer: | T. Liebrecht, B. Kröger |
| Modifier: | B. Kröger | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2009-03-14 17:31:11 | Last modified: | 2015-04-27 02:43:05 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2009-03-14 17:31:11 |
| 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:
| 52400 | L. Hints. 1975. Ordovician brachiopods Enteletacea of the east baltic area. Eesti NSV Teaduste Akadeemia Geoloogia Institut 1-119 [B. Kröger/B. Kröger] | |
| 55097 | A. Roomusoks. 2004. Ordovician strophomenoid brachiopods of northern Estonia. Fossilia Baltica 3:1-150 [B. Kröger/B. Kröger/P. Wagner] |