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]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Brachiopoda |
| Class: | †Strophomenata |
| Order: | †Billingsellida |
| Family: | †Gonambonitidae |
| Genus: | †Estlandia Schuchert & Cooper, 1931[1] |
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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
edit- ^ a b c "†Estlandia Schuchert and Cooper 1931 (lamp shell)". Paleobiology Database. Retrieved 30 May 2021.
- ^ "Estlandia". Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 30 May 2021.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Publishers, Estonian Academy (1 June 2001). "Proceedings of the Estonian Academy of Sciences, Geology". Estonian Academy Publishers. Retrieved 8 May 2018 – via Google Books.
- ^ "Fossiilid.info: Estlandia". fossiilid.info. Retrieved 8 May 2018.
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