Hiiumaa island, Hilliste Member, Juuru Stage (Silurian of Estonia)

Also known as Reef 2792

Where: Estonia (58.9° N, 23.0° E: paleocoordinates 25.5° S, 1.9° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Hilliste Member (Juuru Formation), Rhuddanian (443.4 - 440.8 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; lithified reef rocks

• bioherm

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: H. Nestor and V. Nestor. 1977. A quantitative study of two Early Llandoverian bioherms on the isle Hiiumaa (Estonian SSR). Eesti NSV Teaduste Akadeemia toimetised / Keemia, geoloogia 26(2):122-128 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 61750: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 28.06.2006

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Taxonomic list

Stromatoporoidea
 Clathrodictyida - Actinodictyidae
"Clathrodictyon sarvense" = Ecclimadictyon sarvense, Ecclimadictyon pandum
"Clathrodictyon sarvense" = Ecclimadictyon sarvense Nestor 1964 stromatoporoid sponge
Ecclimadictyon pandum Nestor 1964 stromatoporoid sponge
 Clathrodictyida - Clathrodictyidae
Clathrodictyon demissum Nestor 1964 stromatoporoid sponge
  -
"Forolina lineata" = Forolinia
"Forolina lineata" = Forolinia stromatoporoid sponge
 Actinostromatida - Actinostromatidae
Plectostroma necopinatum Nestor 1964 stromatoporoid sponge
 Labechiida - Rosenellidae
Pachystylostroma hillistense Nestor 1964 stromatoporoid sponge
Pachystylostroma exile Nestor 1964 stromatoporoid sponge
Pachystylostroma ungerni Rosen 1867 stromatoporoid sponge
Anthozoa
 Heliolitida - Halysitidae
Catenipora sp. Lamarck 1816 tabulate coral
 Favositida - Favositidae
Paleofavosites sp. Twenhofel 1914 tabulate coral
[entered as Palaeofavosites sp.]
Mesofavosites sp. Sokolov 1951 tabulate coral