Maëkalda section. Mä96-1 (Ordovician of Estonia)

Where: Harju, Estonia (59.4° N, 24.8° E: paleocoordinates 39.8° S, 5.2° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Oepikodus evae conodont zone, Päite Member (Toila Formation), Billingen (474.8 - 471.1 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: glauconitic, silty sandstone

• Limestone with marl interbedding

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Primary reference: V. Viira, A. Löfgren, S. Mägi and J. Wickström. 2001. An Early to Middle Ordovician succession of conodont faunas at Mäekalda, northern Estonia. Geological Magazine 138(66):99-718 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 203641: authorized by Pete Wagner, entered by Pete Wagner on 21.08.2019

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Conodonta
 Protopanderodontida - Protopanderodontidae
"Scolopodus rex" = Scolopodus striatus Pander 1856 conodont
 Protopanderodontida - Drepanoistodontidae
Paroistodus originalis Sergeeva 1963 conodont
Drepanoistodus forceps Lindström 1955 conodont
 Protopanderodontida - Cornuodontidae
Cornuodus longibasis Lindström 1955 conodont
 Prioniodontida - Oistodontidae
Oistodus lanceolatus Pander 1856 conodont
 Prioniodontida - Acodontidae
"Drepanodus arcuatus" = Acodus similaris, Tripodus cf. laevis
"Drepanodus arcuatus" = Acodus similaris Rhodes 1955 conodont
Tripodus cf. laevis Bradshaw 1969 conodont
 Prioniodontida - Strachanognathidae
 Belodellida - Belodellidae
 Ozarkodinida -