Mäeküla, Paite Member (Ordovician of Estonia)

Where: Estonia (59.4° N, 24.6° E: paleocoordinates 38.2° S, 3.9° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Paite Member, Volkhov (471.1 - 469.2 Ma)

• "BII alpha P ", in Rubel (1961)

Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; glauconitic sandstone

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Primary reference: M. Rubel. 1961. Brakhiopody nadsemejstv Orthacea, Dalmanellacea i Syntrophiacea iz nizhnego ordovika Pribaltiki [Lower Ordovician brachiopods of the superfamilies Orthacea, Dalmanellacea and Syntrophiacea of the Eastern Baltic]. Eesti NSV Teaduste Akadeemia Geoloogia Instituudi Uurimused 6:141-224 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner/B. Kröger]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 191426: authorized by Björn Kröger, entered by Björn Kröger on 29.01.2018

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Taxonomic list

Rhynchonellata
 Orthida - Paurorthidae
Paurorthis sp., "Paurorthina resima" = Paurorthis resima
Paurorthis sp. Schuchert and Cooper 1931
"Paurorthina resima" = Paurorthis resima Rubel 1961
 Orthida - Productorthidae
Prantlina nasuta Rubel 1961