Where: Lääne-Viru, Estonia (59.5° N, 26.0° E: paleocoordinates 34.5° S, 1.3° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Väo Formation, Lasnamagi (463.5 - 460.9 Ma)

• given that the locality is in northern Estonia, it is most likely within the lower or middle part of the Väo Fm. (see Kaljo et al., 2007, Palaeogeogr. Palaeoclimatol. Palaeoecol. 245)

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; phosphatic limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: replaced with phosphate

Primary reference: H. Mutvei. 2002. Connecting ring structure and its significance for classification of the orthoceratid cephalopods. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 47(1):157-168 [B. Kröger/B. Kröger]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 87729: authorized by Björn Kröger, entered by Torsten Liebrecht on 23.03.2009

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