Orasoja Section. Sample 03 (Ordovician of Estonia)

Where: Estonia (59.4° N, 28.0° E: paleocoordinates 43.6° S, 7.1° W)

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Cordylodus proavus conodont zone, Rannu Member (Kallavere Formation), Pakerort (485.4 - 484.5 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; shelly/skeletal sandstone

• cross-bedded sandstone with brachiopod bioclasts

Size class: mesofossils

Primary reference: H. Heinsalu, D. Kaljo, T. Kurvits and V. Viira. 2003. The stratotype of the Orasoja Member (Tremadocian, Northeast Estonia): lithology, mineralogy, and biostratigraphy. Proceedings of the Estonian Academy of Sciences Geology 52(3):135-154 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 204470: authorized by Pete Wagner, entered by Pete Wagner on 09.09.2019

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Taxonomic list

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Conodonta
 Proconodontida - Proconodontidae
Proconodontus sp.
Proconodontus sp. Miller 1969 conodont
 Proconodontida - Cordylodontidae
Eoconodontus notchpeakensis, Cordylodus proavus
Eoconodontus notchpeakensis Miller 1969 conodont
Cordylodus proavus Müller 1959 conodont
 Paraconodontida -
Westergaardodina sp.
Westergaardodina sp. Müller 1959 conodont