Niitväljä borehole, Adavere Fm. (Ordovician of Estonia)

Where: Harju, Estonia (59.3° N, 24.3° E: paleocoordinates 31.2° S, 1.4° W)

When: Aluvere Formation, Johvi (453.0 - 449.9 Ma)

• PJW: originally entered as Adavere, but that is a Silurian formation. This is almost certainly a mental (or actual) typo for Aluvere.

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Primary reference: L. Põlma, L. Sarv, and L. Hints. 1988. Lithology and Fauna of the Caradoc series type sections in North Estonia. Academy of Sciences of the Estonian SSR Institute of Geology 1-101 [B. Kröger/B. Kröger]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 197485: authorized by Björn Kröger, entered by Björn Kröger on 14.11.2018

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Taxonomic list

Mastopora concava
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Mastopora concava Eichwald 1840
Strophomenata
 Strophomenida - Sowerbyellidae
Sowerbyella sp. Jones 1928
Rhynchonellata
 Orthida - Cremnorthidae
 Orthida - Dalmanellidae
Onniella sp. Bancroft 1928
Crinoidea
 Myelodactylida - Iocrinidae
Ristnacrinus marinus Opik 1934 Sea lily
 Eustenocrinida - Eustenocrinidae
"Babanicrinus kegelensis" = Virucrinus kegelensis
"Babanicrinus kegelensis" = Virucrinus kegelensis Yeltyschewa 1966 Sea lily