Porkuni Stage near Muuga and Paasvere, North Estonia: Porkuni, Estonia

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia - Nuculida - Praenuculidae
Similodonta wahli n. sp.
Bivalvia - Myalinida - Ambonychiidae
Mytilarca porkuniensis n. sp.
see common names

Geography
Country:Estonia State/province:North Estonia
Coordinates: 59.0° North, 26.5° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:26.3° South, 0.1° West
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Geographic resolution:local area
Time
Period: Ordovician Epoch: Late Ordovician
Stage: Hirnantian 10 m.y. bin: Ordovician 5
*Period:Late/Upper Ordovician *Epoch:Ashgill
*International age/stage:Harjuan *Local age/stage:Porkuni
Key time interval: Porkuni
Age range of interval: 445.2 - 443.8 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Formation:Arina
Stratigraphic resolution:formation
Stratigraphy comments: Material collected from Roa, Vohilaid, and Siuge members of Arina Formation.
Lithology and environment
Environment:marine indet.
Taphonomy
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:field collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Metadata
Database number:23294
Authorizer:A. Miller Enterer:R. Krause
Modifier:R. Krause Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2002-07-11 13:43:38 Last modified:2002-07-11 16:45:51
Access level:the public Released:2002-07-11 13:43:38
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

6343. M. Isakar. 1991. Harjuan (Late Ordovician) new bivalves and a new gastropod from north Estonia. Tartu Riikliku Ulikooli Toimetised 12:43-60 [A. Miller/R. Krause/R. Krause]