Porkuni quarry, bioherm: Porkuni, Estonia
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Rhynchonellata
- Orthida
- Harknessellidae
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Reuschella sp.
Bancroft 1928
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Trilobita
- Phacopida
- Cheiruridae
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Cheirurus (Pseudosphaerexochus) conformis
(Angelin 1854)
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Schmidt 1881 | |||||||||
| recombined as Pseudosphaerexochus conformis | ||||||||||
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Anthozoa
- Cystiphyllida
- Tryplasmatidae
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Holacanthia tubula
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| synonym of Aphyllum | ||||||||||
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Anthozoa
- Stauriida
- Kyphophyllidae
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Strombodes middendorfi
Dybowski 1874
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Anthozoa
- Favositida
- Favositidae
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Mesofavosites nikitini
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Paleofavosites rugosus
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Mõtus and Hints 2007 | |||||||||
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Palaeofavosites corrugatus
Sokolov 1951
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Mõtus and Hints 2007 | |||||||||
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Palaeofavosites legibilis
Sokolov 1951
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Mõtus and Hints 2007 | |||||||||
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Palaeofavosites porkuniensis
Sokolov 1951
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Mõtus and Hints 2007 | |||||||||
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Anthozoa
- Tetradiida
- Tetradiidae
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Rhabdotetradium frutex
Klaamann 1966
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Anthozoa
- Heliolitida
- Halysitidae
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Eocatenipora parallela
(Schmidt 1858)
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Stromatoporoidea
- Clathrodictyida
- Clathrodictyidae
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Stelodictyon mammillatum
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Nestor 1999 | |||||||||
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Clathrodictyon zonatum
Nestor 1964
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Nestor 1999 | |||||||||
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Clathrodictyon gregale
Nestor 1964
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Stromatoporoidea
- Clathrodictyida
- Actinodictyidae
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Ecclimadictyon porkuni
Riabinin 1951
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Ecclimadictyon koigiense
Nestor 1964
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Stromatoporoidea
- Labechiida
- Rosenellidae
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Pachystylostroma fragosum
Nestor 1964
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Geography
| Country: | Estonia | State/province: | Lääne-Virumaa |
| Coordinates: | 59.2° North, 26.2° East (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 26.2° South, 0.3° West | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Ordovician | Epoch: | Late/Upper Ordovician |
| Stage: | Hirnantian | 10 m.y. bin: | Ordovician 5 |
| Key time interval: | Porkuni | Trilobite zone: | Conochitina scabra |
| Age range of interval: | 445.20000 - 443.80000 m.y. ago |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | lithified "limestone" |
| Lithology description: stromatoporoid-coral bioherms | |
| Environment: | reef, buildup or bioherm |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Preservation of anatomical detail: | good |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | peel or thin section,field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Reef 2963. Called "Borkholm" in German literature. | ||
| Database number: | 80715 | ||
| Authorizer: | W. Kiessling, P. Wagner | Enterer: | U. Merkel, P. Wagner |
| Modifier: | P. Wagner | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2008-05-06 02:25:30 | Last modified: | 2013-11-02 19:32:32 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2008-05-06 02:25:30 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 27151. | L. Hints, A. Oraspold, and D. Kaljo. 2000. Stratotype of the Porkuni Stage with comments on the Röa Member (uppermost Ordovician, Estonia). Proceedings of the Estonian Academy of Sciences, Geology 49(3):177-199 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel] |
Secondary references:
| 49901 | N. P. Angelin. 1854. Palaeontologia scandinavica. Pars II. [P. Wagner/P. Wagner/M. Hopkins] | |
| 48689 | L. Hints. 2012. New Hirnantian orthide brachiopods from the type section of the Porkuni Stage (Porkuni quarry, northeastern Estonia). Estonian Journal of Earth Sciences 61(4):227-241 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner/B. Kröger] | |
| 83318 | M.-A. Mõtus and O. Hints. 2007. 10th International Symposium on Fossil Cnidaria and Porifera. Excursion B2: Lower Paleozoic geology and corals of Estonia. Excursion Guidebook. 1-64 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner] | |
| 26841 | H. Nestor. 1999. Community structure and succession of Baltoscandian Early Palaeozoic stromatoporoids. Proceedings of the Estonian Academy of Sciences 48(3):123-139 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel/P. Wagner] | |
| 49889 | F. Schmidt. 1881. Revision der ostbaltischen silurischen Trilobiten. Abtheilung I: Phacopiden, Cheiruriden und Encrinuriden. Mémoires de L'Académie Impériale des Sciences de Saint-Petersbourg, Series 7 30(1):1-237 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner/P. Wagner] |