Vasalemma, Vasalemma Fm.: Keila, Estonia
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Cephalopoda
- Barrandeocerida
- Barrandeoceratidae
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Vasalemmoceras tolerabile
Stumbur 1962
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Kröger and Aubrechtova 2017 | 10 specimens | ||||||||
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Cephalopoda
- Tarphycerida
- Trocholitidae
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Discoceras sp.
Barrande 1867
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Kröger and Aubrechtova 2017 | 2 specimens | ||||||||
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Discoceras vasalemmense
(Balaschov 1953)
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Kröger and Aubrechtova 2017 | 8 specimens | ||||||||
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Trocholites gennadii
Kröger and Aubrechtova 2017
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Kröger and Aubrechtova 2017 | 2 specimens | ||||||||
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Curtoceras abditus
Kröger and Aubrechtova 2017
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Kröger and Aubrechtova 2017 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
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Cephalopoda
- Discosorida
- Westonoceratidae
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Hemibeloitoceras sp.
Balashov 1962
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Kröger and Aubrechtova 2017 | |||||||||
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Hemibeloitoceras molis
Kröger and Aubrechtova 2017
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Kröger and Aubrechtova 2017 | |||||||||
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Cephalopoda
- Oncocerida
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Oncocerida indet.
(Flower and Kummel 1950)
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Kröger and Aubrechtova 2017 | |||||||||
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Cephalopoda
- Oncocerida
- Oncoceratidae
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Beloitoceras cautis
Kröger and Aubrechtova 2017
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Kröger and Aubrechtova 2017 | |||||||||
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Cephalopoda
- Actinocerida
- Ormoceratidae
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Orthonybyoceras sp.
Shimizu and Obata 1935
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Kröger and Aubrechtova 2017 | |||||||||
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Orthonybyoceras moisense
Kröger and Aubrechtova 2017
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Kröger and Aubrechtova 2017 | |||||||||
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Orthonybyoceras isakari
Kröger and Aubrechtova 2017
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Kröger and Aubrechtova 2017 | |||||||||
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Cephalopoda
- Dissidocerida
- Geisonoceratidae
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Ordogeisonoceras sp.
Frey 1995
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Kröger and Aubrechtova 2017 | |||||||||
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Ordogeisonoceras cf. dyeri
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Kröger and Aubrechtova 2017 | |||||||||
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Ordogeisonoceras tartuensis
Kröger and Aubrechtova 2017
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Kröger and Aubrechtova 2017 | |||||||||
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Cephalopoda
- Orthocerida
- Proteoceratidae
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Isorthoceras vexilli
Kröger and Aubrechtova 2017
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Kröger and Aubrechtova 2017 | |||||||||
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Isorthoceras cavi
Kröger and Aubrechtova 2017
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Kröger and Aubrechtova 2017 | |||||||||
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Cephalopoda
- Orthocerida
- Orthoceratidae
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Striatocycloceras undulostriatum
(Hall 1847)
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2 specimens | |||||||||
| two specimens in Kröger & Aubrechtova, in 2017 | ||||||||||
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Striatocycloceras undulostriatum
(Hall 1847)
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Kröger and Aubrechtova 2017 | |||||||||
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Pleurorthoceras organi
Kröger and Aubrechtova 2017
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Kröger and Aubrechtova 2017 | |||||||||
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Rhynchonellata
- Orthida
- Glyptorthidae
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Bassettella alata
Hints 2010
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Hints 2010 | 2 specimens | ||||||||
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Strophomenata
- Billingsellida
- Clitambonitidae
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Vellamo defecta
Opik 1934
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Opik 1934 | |||||||||
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Stenolaemata
- Trepostomida
- Monticuliporidae
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Dittopora colliculata
Eichwald 1856
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Bassler 1911 | |||||||||
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Stenolaemata
- Trepostomata
- Halloporidae
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Callopora ligniformis
Dybowski 1877
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Bassler 1911 | |||||||||
| recombined as Hallopora ligniformis | ||||||||||
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Asteroidea
- Euaxosida
- Palasterinidae
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Estoniaster maennili n. gen., n. sp.
Blake and Rozhnov 2007
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Blake and Rozhnov 2007 | 3 specimens | ||||||||
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Edrioasteroidea
- Cyathocystida
- Cyathocystidae
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Cyathocystis sp.
Schmidt 1879
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Blake and Rozhnov 2007 | |||||||||
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Rhombifera
- Hemicosmitidae
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Hemicosmites sp.
Buch 1840
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Blake and Rozhnov 2007 | |||||||||
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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: | stated in text | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
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: | 87273 | ||
| Authorizer: | B. Kröger, L. Villier | Enterer: | T. Liebrecht, B. Kröger, L. Villier |
| Modifier: | B. Kröger | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2009-03-13 16:39:31 | Last modified: | 2017-09-12 08:23:25 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2009-03-13 16:39:31 |
| 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:
| 54585 | R. S. Bassler. 1911. The early Paleozoic Bryozoa of the Baltic Provinces. Bulletin of the United States National Museum 77:1-375 [B. Kröger/B. Kröger] | |
| 28540 | D. B. Blake. 2007. Two Late Ordovician asteroids (Echinodermata) with characters suggestive of early ophiuroids. Journal of Paleontology 81(6):1476-1485 [L. Villier/L. Villier] | |
| 30669 | D. B. Blake and S. Rozhnov. 2007. Aspects of life mode among Ordovician asteroids: Implications of new specimens from Baltica. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 52(3):519-533 [L. Villier/L. Villier] | |
| 55071 | L. Hints. 2010. A new glyptorthid species (Brachiopoda: Orthida) from the Upper Ordovician of Estonia. Estonian Journal of Earth Sciences 59(3):189-194 [B. Kröger/B. Kröger] | |
| 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] | |
| 54201 | A. Opik. 1934. Über Klitamboniten. Publications of the Geological Institution of the University of Tartu 39:1-240 [B. Kröger/B. Kröger] |