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Estlandia

Estlandia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Brachiopoda
Class: Strophomenata
Order: Billingsellida
Family: Gonambonitidae
Genus: Estlandia
Schuchert & Cooper, 1931[1]
Species[2][1]
  • Estlandia hispida Zuykov & Hints, 2002
  • Estlandia marginata Pahlen, 1877
  • Estlandia pyron Eichwald, 1840
  • Estlandia seidlitzi Rubel, 1963
An example of a brachiopod shell fossil

Estlandia is a gonambonitid genus. It is one of the endemic brachiopods in the Ordovician of Baltoscandia.[3] Currently, eight different species and subspecies of the genus have been recorded from the Aseri to Keila stages.[3]

The distribution of the genus Estlandia is confined to the Middle and Upper Ordovician of the North Estonian Confacies Belt and the northwestern part of the Moscow Basin.[4][3]

The first notes on Estlandia date back to 1840.[5] The genus name was first published in 1931.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c "†Estlandia Schuchert and Cooper 1931 (lamp shell)". Paleobiology Database. Retrieved 30 May 2021.
  2. ^ "Estlandia". Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 30 May 2021.
  3. ^ a b c Publishers, Estonian Academy (1 September 2002). "Proceedings of the Estonian Academy of Sciences, Geology". Estonian Academy Publishers. Retrieved 8 May 2018 – via Google Books.
  4. ^ Publishers, Estonian Academy (1 June 2001). "Proceedings of the Estonian Academy of Sciences, Geology". Estonian Academy Publishers. Retrieved 8 May 2018 – via Google Books.
  5. ^ "Fossiilid.info: Estlandia". fossiilid.info. Retrieved 8 May 2018.