Lüganuse quarry, Napa Member (Ordovician of Estonia)

Also known as Luggenhusen

Where: Estonia (59.4° N, 27.0° E: paleocoordinates 35.1° S, 0.8° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Napa Member, Aluoja (466.0 - 458.0 Ma)

• "B III gamma N", in Rubel (1961)

Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; glauconitic 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 191473: authorized by Björn Kröger, entered by Björn Kröger on 30.01.2018

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Taxonomic list

Rhynchonellata
 Orthida - Eoorthidae
Apheoorthis sp. Ulrich and Cooper 1936