Puhmu borehole, Saunja Fm. (Ordovician of Estonia)

Where: Estonia (59.0° N, 26.1° E: paleocoordinates 29.8° S, 0.2° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Saunja Formation, Nabala (450.5 - 449.9 Ma)

Environment/lithology: marine; limestone

• limestone with discontinuity surfaces

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Collection methods: core

Primary reference: L. Hints and D. A. T. Harper. 2003. Review of the Ordovician rhynchonelliformean Brachiopoda of the East Baltic: Their distribution and biofacies. Bulletin of the Geological Society of Denmark 50:29-43 [B. Kröger/B. Kröger]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 168980: authorized by Björn Kröger, entered by Björn Kröger on 04.05.2015

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Taxonomic list

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Rhynchonellata
 Orthida - Glyptorthidae
Glyptorthis sp.
Glyptorthis sp. Foerste 1914
 Orthida - Plaesiomyidae
Plaesiomys sp.
Plaesiomys sp. Hall and Clarke 1892
Strophomenata
 Strophomenida - Sowerbyellidae
Eochonetes sp.
Eochonetes sp. Reed 1917
 Orthotetida - Triplesiidae
Triplesia sp.
Triplesia sp. Hall 1859