Haapsalu area, Hilliste bioherm type 2 (Silurian of Estonia)

Also known as Reef 3669

Where: Estonia (58.9° N, 23.5° E: paleocoordinates 24.8° S, 1.7° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Hilliste Member, Juuru (443.4 - 439.0 Ma)

• unit G1-2 H

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

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

• coral-stromatoporoid bioherms, up to 6 m thick

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: peel or thin section,

Primary reference: A. O. Aaloe and H. E. Nestor. 1977. Biogermnaya fatsiya v yuuruskom gorizonte (nizhniy llandoveri) v severo-zapadnoy Estonii [Biohermal facies in the Juuru stage (Lower Llandoverian) in NW Estonia]. in D. L. Kaljo, Fatsii i fauna silura Pribaltiki [Facies and fauna of the Baltic Silurian] 71-88 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 77388: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 10.01.2008

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Taxonomic list

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Rhodophyceae
  - Solenoporaceae
Solenopora sp.
Solenopora sp. Dybowski 1877
Gastropoda
  -
Gastropoda indet.
Gastropoda indet. Cuvier 1795 snail
Brachiopoda
  -
Brachiopoda indet.
Brachiopoda indet. Cuvier 1805
Trilobita
 Corynexochida - Illaenidae
Stenopareia sp.
Stenopareia sp. Holm 1886 trilobite
Anthozoa
 Stauriida - Entelophyllidae
Petrozium losseni
Petrozium losseni Dybowski 1873 horn coral
 Stauriida - Stauriidae
Cyathophylloides kassariensis
 Heliolitida - Halysitidae
Catenipora cf. tapaensis
Catenipora cf. tapaensis Sokolov 1951 tabulate coral
 Favositida - Favositidae
Mesofavosites similis, Mesofavosites fleximurinus, Paleofavosites forbesiformis, Paleofavosites balticus, Paleofavosites limbergensis, Paleofavosites hystrix, Paleofavosites mirus
Mesofavosites similis Sokolov 1951 tabulate coral
Mesofavosites fleximurinus Sokolov 1951 tabulate coral
Paleofavosites balticus tabulate coral
Paleofavosites hystrix tabulate coral
Paleofavosites mirus tabulate coral
Stromatoporoidea
 Clathrodictyida - Actinodictyidae
Ecclimadictyon microvesiculosum, Ecclimadictyon macrotuberculatum
Ecclimadictyon microvesiculosum Riabinin 1951 stromatoporoid sponge
Ecclimadictyon macrotuberculatum Riabinin 1951 stromatoporoid sponge
 Actinostromatida - Actinostromatidae
Plectostroma necopinatum
Plectostroma necopinatum Nestor 1964 stromatoporoid sponge