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VIIRA, VIIVE, LÖFGREN, ANITA, MÄGI, SILVI, WICKSTRÖM, JENNY (2001) An Early to Middle Ordovician succession of conodont faunas at Mäekalda, northern Estonia. Geological Magazine, 138 (6) 699-718 doi:10.1017/s0016756801005945

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TitleAn Early to Middle Ordovician succession of conodont faunas at Mäekalda, northern Estonia
JournalGeological Magazine
AuthorsVIIRA, VIIVEAuthor
LÖFGREN, ANITAAuthor
MÄGI, SILVIAuthor
WICKSTRÖM, JENNYAuthor
Year2001 (November)Volume138
Issue6
PublisherCambridge University Press (CUP)
DOIdoi:10.1017/s0016756801005945Search in ResearchGate
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Full ReferenceVIIRA, VIIVE, LÖFGREN, ANITA, MÄGI, SILVI, WICKSTRÖM, JENNY (2001) An Early to Middle Ordovician succession of conodont faunas at Mäekalda, northern Estonia. Geological Magazine, 138 (6) 699-718 doi:10.1017/s0016756801005945
Plain TextVIIRA, VIIVE, LÖFGREN, ANITA, MÄGI, SILVI, WICKSTRÖM, JENNY (2001) An Early to Middle Ordovician succession of conodont faunas at Mäekalda, northern Estonia. Geological Magazine, 138 (6) 699-718 doi:10.1017/s0016756801005945
In(2001, November) Geological Magazine Vol. 138 (6) Cambridge University Press (CUP)
Abstract/NotesThe Mäekalda section presents a c. 12 m thick succession of mainly limestones, dolomites
and siltstones of late Tremadoc to late Llanvirn age, exposed on the eastern outskirts of Tallinn,
northern Estonia. The condensed sequence is rich in well-preserved conodont elements that provide
the basis for detailed biozonation. In the Baltoscandian zonation, beds from the upper Varangu
Paltodus deltifer Zone up to the lower Aseri Eoplacognathus foliaceus Subzone have been identified. In
all, the conodont faunas exhibit a close resemblance to Swedish faunas. Many intervals can also be
compared with coeval strata in western Russia. The presence at some levels of representatives of
Laurentian conodont lineages provides an unusual opportunity for correlating Baltoscandian
sequences with sequences in North America, especially in the lower Arenig part of the succession. The
middle Volkhov (upper middle Arenig) Paroistodus originalis Zone at Mäekalda is remarkably complete
bearing in mind the highly condensed nature of the section as a whole. The details of this zone
can be correlated with the equivalent intervals in Swedish sections. In the upper Volkhov–lower Kunda
beds there is a considerable stratigraphic gap in the section, but the upper Kunda has provided an
excellent series of successive populations of Eoplacognathus, indicating that in this part the section is
virtually complete.


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