Porkuni bryozoans, Northern Estonia: Porkuni, Estonia

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Stenolaemata - Phylloporinidae
Chasmatoporella sp. Nekhoroshev 1936
Stenolaemata - Cystoporata - Fistuliporidae
Fistulipora sp. McCoy 1850
Stenolaemata - Trepostomida - Monticuliporidae
Dittopora sp. Dybowski 1877
Stenolaemata - Fenestrata - Chasmatoporidae
Enallopora sp. d'Orbigny 1849
Stenolaemata - Cryptostomata - Rhinidictyidae
Metadictya sp.
Stictopora sp. Hall 1847
Stenolaemata - Cryptostomata - Ptilodictyidae
Clathropora sp.
Stenolaemata - Cryptostomata - Arthrostylidae
Sceptropora sp. Ulrich 1888
Stenolaemata - Cryptostomata - Acanthocladiidae
Pteropora sp. Eichwald 1860
Stenolaemata - Cryptostomata - Rhinidictyonidae
Dicranopora sp.
Stenolaemata - Trepostomata - Halloporidae
Hallopora sp. Bassler 1911
see common names

Geography
Country:Estonia
Coordinates: 59.0° North, 25.0° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:26.7° South, 0.8° West
Geographic resolution:local area
Time
Period: Ordovician Epoch: Late Ordovician
Stage: Hirnantian 10 m.y. bin: Ordovician 5
*Epoch:Ashgill
*Local age/stage:Porkuni
Key time interval: Porkuni
Age range of interval: 445.2 - 443.8 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphy comments: Possibly the Arina Fm., but possibly amalgamation from those throughout Porkuni stage.
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:ooidal lithified "limestone"
Environment:sand shoal
Geology comments: Oolitic limestone with algae and presence of current-sorted shell banks.
Taphonomy
Collection methods and comments
Collection excludes:some macrofossils
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Taxonomic list comments:Bryozoan systematics
Metadata
Database number:2757
Authorizer:A. Miller Enterer:P. Novack-Gottshall
Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:1999-07-17 18:00:49 Last modified:1999-07-17 21:00:49
Access level:the public Released:2000-11-20 13:53:16
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

99. K. Brood. 1981. Hirnantian (Upper Ordovician) Bryozoa from Baltoscandia. In G. P. Larnood and C. Nielson (eds.), Recent and fossil Bryozoa: Papers presented at the 5th International Conference on Bryozoa, Durham 19-27 [A. Miller/P. Novack-Gottshall/A. Clement]