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Estonian Journal of Earth Sciences

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Cruziana traces from the Late Silurian (Pridoli) carbonate shelf of Saaremaa, Estonia; pp. 71–75

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Author

Olev Vinn

Abstract

Late Pridoli Cruziana traces have recently been found in carbonate shelf sediments of the Ohesaare Formation on Saaremaa Island, Estonia. Cruziana isp. is interpreted here as a locomotory trace (repichnia) of an arthropod, possibly a trilobite. Cruziana traces previously known from the Silurian of Baltica differ from Cruziana isp., indicating that the diversity of Cruziana traces in the late Silurian of Baltica was higher than previously thought.

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