Where: Vasalemma, Estonia (59.2° N, 24.2° E: paleocoordinates 33.0° S, 1.8° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
When: Vasalemma Formation, Keila (453.9 - 453.0 Ma)
Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; lithified, carbonaceous limestone
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Primary reference: 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]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 188570: authorized by Björn Kröger, entered by Björn Kröger on 07.09.2017, edited by Mihaela Krause
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Anthozoa | |
Eofletcheria sp. Bassler 1950 tabulate coral | |
Rhombifera | |
Hemicosmites sp. Buch 1840 | |
Bryozoa | |
Bryozoa indet. bryozoan | |
Stenolaemata | |
Ceramopora sp. Hall 1851 | |
Cephalopoda | |
Hemibeloitoceras arduum Kröger and Aubrechtova 2017 | |
Rummoceras rummuensis Kröger and Aubrechtova 2017 | |
Discoceras vasalemmense Balaschov 1953 | |
Orthonybyoceras cf. dyeri Miller 1875
Orthonybyoceras isakari Kröger and Aubrechtova 2017 |