Kakumyagi Peninsula (Cambrian of Estonia)

Also known as Kakumyagi Peninsula, Tiskres Formation, Estonia - Mel'nikova 1987

Where: Estonia (59.4° N, 24.7° E: paleocoordinates 47.4° S, 24.4° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Tiskre Formation, Atdabanian (520.0 - 516.0 Ma)

• Bradoriid material is concentrated in the lower (Kakumyagi) unit of the formation. Dominopol'skiy horizon.

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported

• lithology is not listed

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: The original specimens on which this article is based are deposited at the Paleontological Institue, AS USSR. It should be noted that the specimens were not collected by the author, but translation of original text points to K. A. Mens as the original collector.

Primary reference: L. M. Mel''nikova. 1987. Bradoriids from the Tiskres Formation (Lower Cambrian) in Estonia. Paleontological Journal 21(1):142-145 [M. Patzkowsky/P. Borkow]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 10015: authorized by Mark Patzkowsky, entered by Phil Borkow on 07.02.2001

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Taxonomic list

• The taxonomic list includes the less specific taxonomic groups for macrofossils that are known to occur in Estonia and the formation, but were not collected. Unfortunately, some of the names are unfamilar and can not be placed into a taxonomic hierarchy, however they are still included in the taxonomic list.
unclassified
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Foraminifera
 Astrorhizacea - Bathysiphonidae
Platysolenites indet. Eichwald 1860
 Bradoriida - Bradoriidae
Trilobita
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Trilobita indet. Walch 1771 trilobite
Brachiopoda
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Brachiopoda indet. Cuvier 1805