Biology:Estlandia

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Short description: Genus of brachiopods

Estlandia
Scientific classification e
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

Wikidata ☰ Q55611061 entry