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Viita quarry

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Name	Viita quarry
Type	outcrop
Country	Estonia
Parish	Kihelkonna
Settlement	Rootsiküla
Latitude	58.355083
Longitude	22.017022
Coordinate precision	10-100 m
Coord. method	Est Land Board map server
Coord. agent	Aaloe, Aasa
Location remarks	1970-ndatel aeti kinni. Asus kaitsekraavidest ca 100 m talu pool. Koht T. Märsi näpunäidete järgi
Strat. top	Rootsiküla Stage
Strat. base	Rootsiküla Stage
Remarks	19. saj väljasurnud kalade ja eurüpteriidide poolest rahvusvaheliselt tuntuks saanud Viita talu murd, mis tasandati 1970-ndatel maaparandustööde käigus. Murrust ~100 m mere poole jäävad II Maailmasõja aegsed kaitsekraavid. Murd oli Viita kihtide stratotüübiks, ülemaailmselt tuntud Siluri agnaatide ja kalade leiukohaks
Date changed	2018-05-28

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Fossil group	Taxon	Parent taxon	Occurrence based on
Agnatha	Aestiaspis viitaensis Janvier et Lelievre, 1994	Aestiaspis	collection specimen
Agnatha	Oeselaspis pustulata (Patten, 1931)	Oeselaspis	identification from sample
Agnatha	Procephalaspis oeselensis (Robertson, 1939)	Procephalaspis	collection specimen
Agnatha	Saaremaaspis Robertson, 1938	Dartmuthiinae	collection specimen
Agnatha	Saaremaaspis mickwitzi (Rohon, 1892)	Saaremaaspis	collection specimen
Agnatha	Saaremaaspis mickwitzi (Rohon, 1892)	Saaremaaspis	reference
Agnatha	Saaremaaspis mickwitzi (Rohon, 1892)	Saaremaaspis	identification from sample
Agnatha	Thelodus Agassiz, 1838	Coelolepididae	collection specimen
Agnatha	Thyestes verrucosus Eichwald, 1854	Thyestes	collection specimen
Agnatha	Thyestes verrucosus Eichwald, 1854	Thyestes	reference
Agnatha	Thyestes verrucosus Eichwald, 1854	Thyestes	identification from sample
Agnatha	Tremataspis Schmidt, 1866	Tremataspidinae	collection specimen
Agnatha	Tremataspis milleri Patten, 1931	Tremataspis	reference
Agnatha	Tremataspis milleri Patten, 1931	Tremataspis	identification from sample
Agnatha	Tremataspis schmidti Rohon, 1892	Tremataspis	collection specimen
Agnatha	Tremataspis schmidti Rohon, 1892	Tremataspis	reference
Agnatha	Tremataspis schmidti Rohon, 1892	Tremataspis	identification from sample
Agnatha	Witaaspis Robertson, 1939	Witaaspididae	collection specimen
Agnatha	Witaaspis schrenkii (Pander, 1856)	Witaaspis	reference
Brachiopoda	Howellella (Howellella) cuniculi Rubel, 1970	Howellella (Howellella)	collection specimen
Brachiopoda	Howellella (Howellella) cuniculi Rubel, 1970	Howellella (Howellella)	reference
Brachiopoda	Lingula Bruguière, 1797	Lingulidae	collection specimen
Chelicerata	Bunodes lunula Eichwald, 1854	Bunodes	collection specimen
Chelicerata	Bunodes lunula Eichwald, 1854	Bunodes	reference
Chelicerata	Erettopterus osiliensis Schmidt, 1883	Erettopterus	collection specimen

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