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Kõrgekallas - Erra, Estonia
Formation | Kõrgekallas |
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Member | Erra |
Age: | 466 - 461 Ma Middle Ordovician |
Interval | Uhaku |
Lithology | limestone |
Number of Collections | 7 |
Number of Occurrences | 8 |
Recorded Sample Locations
Location | Region | Stratigraphic Name |
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Lasnamägi | Harju County, Estonia | Kõrgekallas - Erra |
Kothla | Ida-Viru County, Estonia | Kõrgekallas - Erra |
Osmussaar Island | Estonia | Kõrgekallas - Erra |
Paldiski | Harju County, Estonia | Kõrgekallas - Erra |
Väo quarry | Harju County, Estonia | Kõrgekallas - Erra |
Vääna riverside at Vahiküla | Harju County, Estonia | Körgekallas - Erra |
Väike Pakri | Estonia | Kõrgekallas - Erra |
Associated Units
Stratigraphic Name | Age | Lithology | Occurrence Records |
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Kandle | 464 - 461 Ma Middle Ordovician | limestone | 131 |
Körgekallas | 466 - 461 Ma Middle Ordovician | limestone | 25 |
Pakri Sandstone | 466 - 461 Ma Middle Ordovician | sandstone | 40 |
Väo | 464 - 461 Ma Middle Ordovician | limestone | 169 |
Väo - Rebala | 464 - 461 Ma Middle Ordovician | limestone | 2 |
Viivikonna | 461 - 450 Ma Ordovician | shale, "limestone", "limestone"/marl | 73 |
Viivikonna - Kiviõli | 458 - 450 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician | shale/"limestone", "shale" | 28 |
Viivikonna - Peetri | 461 - 450 Ma Ordovician | 9 |
Recorded Fossils
Accepted Name | Hierarchy | Age |
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Actinomena orta species | Animalia : Brachiopoda : Strophomenata : Strophomenida : Strophomenidae : Actinomena : Actinomena orta | 466 - 460.9 Ma Middle Ordovician |
Tallinnites imbrexoidea species | Animalia : Brachiopoda : Strophomenata : Strophomenida : Strophomenidae : Tallinnites : Tallinnites imbrexoidea | 466 - 460.9 Ma Middle Ordovician |
References
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!