Kallaste, Lahepera Member (Ordovician of Estonia)

Where: Estonia (58.7° N, 27.2° E: paleocoordinates 39.0° S, 2.3° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Lahepera Formation, Volkhov (471.1 - 469.2 Ma)

• "B II gamma L", In Rubel (1961)

Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; glauconitic, sandy, conglomeratic limestone

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 191462: authorized by Björn Kröger, entered by Björn Kröger on 30.01.2018

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Taxonomic list

Rhynchonellata
 Orthida - Orthidae
"Orthambonites orbicularis" = Paralenorthis orbicularis
"Orthambonites orbicularis" = Paralenorthis orbicularis Pander 1830