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Körgekallas, Estonia

FormationKörgekallas
Member(s)Erra
Age:466 - 461 Ma
Middle Ordovician
IntervalUhaku
Lithologylimestone
Number of Collections11
Number of Occurrences25

Recorded Sample Locations

LocationRegionStratigraphic Name
Ezeriskogo HorizonHarju County, EstoniaKörgekallas
ErraIda-Viru County, EstoniaKõrgekallas
Harku quarryHarju County, EstoniaKõrgekallas
LasnamägiHarju County, EstoniaKõrgekallas
Osmussaar IslandEstoniaKõrgekallas
PaldiskiHarju County, EstoniaKõrgekallas
UhakuIda-Viru County, EstoniaKõrgekallas
Varja ditchIda-Viru County, EstoniaKõrgekallas
Vääna riverside at VahikülaHarju County, EstoniaKörgekallas - Erra
Uhaku sängIda-Viru County, EstoniaKörgekallas

Associated Units

Stratigraphic NameAgeLithologyOccurrence Records
Erra466 - 461 Ma
Middle Ordovician
1
Telinõmme472 - 468 Ma
Ordovician
limestone/marl, "limestone"27
Utria468 - 464 Ma
Middle Ordovician
limestone, sandstone35
Valgejõgi466 - 461 Ma
Middle Ordovician
limestone9
Kahula458 - 450 Ma
Late/Upper Ordovician
limestone118
Kandle464 - 461 Ma
Middle Ordovician
limestone131
Kõrgekallas - Erra466 - 461 Ma
Middle Ordovician
limestone8
Loobu466 - 461 Ma
Middle Ordovician
limestone, packstone28
Pakri466 - 461 Ma
Middle Ordovician
limestone, sandstone16
Pakri Sandstone466 - 461 Ma
Middle Ordovician
sandstone40
Vaginatumkalk468 - 464 Ma
Middle Ordovician
limestone26
Väo464 - 461 Ma
Middle Ordovician
limestone169
Väo - Rebala464 - 461 Ma
Middle Ordovician
limestone2
Vasalemma453 - 443 Ma
Paleozoic
limestone, grainstone/wackestone, wackestone/quartzite, grainstone, grainstone/"limestone", "mixed carbonate-siliciclastic"195
Viivikonna461 - 450 Ma
Ordovician
shale, "limestone", "limestone"/marl73
Viivikonna - Kiviõli458 - 450 Ma
Late/Upper Ordovician
shale/"limestone", "shale"28
Viivikonna - Peetri461 - 450 Ma
Ordovician
9

Recorded Fossils

Accepted NameHierarchyAge
Pseudosphaerexochus sp.
genus
6Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Phacopida : Cheiruridae : Pseudosphaerexochus466 - 460.9 Ma
Middle Ordovician
Orthisocrania sp.
genus
6Animalia : Brachiopoda : Craniata : Craniida : Craniidae : Orthisocrania466 - 460.9 Ma
Middle Ordovician
Estlandia marginata
species
7Animalia : Brachiopoda : Strophomenata : Billingsellida : Gonambonitidae : Estlandia : Estlandia marginata466 - 460.9 Ma
Middle Ordovician
Leptelloidea leptelloides
species
7Animalia : Brachiopoda : Strophomenata : Strophomenida : Leptellinidae : Leptelloidea : Leptelloidea leptelloides466 - 460.9 Ma
Middle Ordovician
Plectambonites radiata
species
7Animalia : Brachiopoda : Strophomenata : Strophomenida : Plectambonitidae : Plectambonites : Plectambonites radiata466 - 460.9 Ma
Middle Ordovician
Estonomena kalevi
species
7Animalia : Brachiopoda : Strophomenata : Strophomenida : Rafinesquinidae : Estonomena : Estonomena kalevi466 - 460.9 Ma
Middle Ordovician
Estonomena lindae
species
7Animalia : Brachiopoda : Strophomenata : Strophomenida : Rafinesquinidae : Estonomena : Estonomena lindae466 - 460.9 Ma
Middle Ordovician
Leptaena (Septomena) juvenilis
species
7Animalia : Brachiopoda : Strophomenata : Strophomenida : Strophomenidae : Septomena : Leptaena (Septomena) juvenilis466 - 460.9 Ma
Middle Ordovician
Bekkerina dorsata
species
7Animalia : Brachiopoda : Strophomenata : Strophomenida : Strophomenidae : Bekkerina : Bekkerina dorsata466 - 460.9 Ma
Middle Ordovician
Bekkerina raricostellata
species
7Animalia : Brachiopoda : Strophomenata : Strophomenida : Strophomenidae : Bekkerina : Bekkerina raricostellata466 - 460.9 Ma
Middle Ordovician
Tallinnites imbrexoidea
species
7Animalia : Brachiopoda : Strophomenata : Strophomenida : Strophomenidae : Tallinnites : Tallinnites imbrexoidea466 - 460.9 Ma
Middle Ordovician
Holopea eichwaldi
species
7Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Holopeidae : Holopea : Holopea eichwaldi466 - 460.9 Ma
Middle Ordovician
Eccyliopterus regularis
species
7Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Euomphalina : Lesueurillidae : Eccyliopterus : Eccyliopterus regularis466 - 460.9 Ma
Middle Ordovician
Euomphalus marginalis
species
7Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Lesueurillidae : Mestoronema : Euomphalus marginalis466 - 460.9 Ma
Middle Ordovician
Pleurotomaria rossica
species
7Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Pleurotomariida : Eotomariidae : Liospira : Pleurotomaria rossica466 - 460.9 Ma
Middle Ordovician
Trochus elliptica
species
7Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Pleurotomariida : Gosseletinidae : Deacheospira : Trochus elliptica466 - 460.9 Ma
Middle Ordovician
Pleurotomaria inflata
species
7Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Pleurotomariida : Gosseletinidae : Deacheospira : Pleurotomaria inflata466 - 460.9 Ma
Middle Ordovician
Subulites priscus
species
7Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Subulitidae : Subulites : Subulites priscus466 - 460.9 Ma
Middle Ordovician
Worthenia mickwitzi
species
7Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Lophospiridae : Lophospira : Worthenia mickwitzi466 - 460.9 Ma
Middle Ordovician

References

Männil R. (1958) Trilobites of the families Cheiruridae and Encrinuridae from Estonia, Trudy Instituta geologii AN ESSR 3, 165-212
Rõõmusoks A. (1970) Stratigrafia viruskoy i kharjuskoy seriy (ordovik) Sevemoy Estonii. [Stratigraphy of the Viruan and Harjuan Series (Ordovician) in North Estonia], Valgus Publishes, 1-346
Cocks L. R. M., Rong J. -Y. (1989) Classification and review of the brachiopod superfamily Plectambonitacea, Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), Geology 45, 77-163
Roomusoks A. (2004) Ordovician strophomenoid brachiopods of northern Estonia, Fossilia Baltica 3, 1-150
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
 
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