Estlandia

Estlandia is a gonambonitid taxonomic rank (genus). It is one of the endemic brachiopods in the Ordovician of Baltoscandia.[1] Currently, eight different species and subspecies of the genus have been recorded from the Aseri to Keila stages.[1]

An example of a brachiopod shell fossil

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.[2][1]

The first notes on Estlandia date back to 1840.[3]

References
  1. Publishers, Estonian Academy (1 September 2002). "Proceedings of the Estonian Academy of Sciences, Geology". Estonian Academy Publishers. Retrieved 8 May 2018 – via Google Books.
  2. Publishers, Estonian Academy (1 June 2001). "Proceedings of the Estonian Academy of Sciences, Geology". Estonian Academy Publishers. Retrieved 8 May 2018 – via Google Books.
  3. "Fossiilid.info: Estlandia". fossiilid.info. Retrieved 8 May 2018.
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