{{Short description|Genus of brachiopods}} {{Distinguish|Estonia|Estland (disambiguation){{!}}Estland}} {{Automatic taxobox | image = | image_caption = | taxon = Estlandia | authority = Schuchert & Cooper, 1931<ref name=FW/> | subdivision_ranks = Species | subdivision = *†''Estlandia hispida'' <small>Zuykov & Hints, 2002</small> *†''Estlandia marginata'' <small>Pahlen, 1877</small> *†''Estlandia pyron'' <small>Eichwald, 1840</small> *†''Estlandia seidlitzi'' <small>Rubel, 1963</small> | subdivision_ref = <ref>{{GBIF |id=4864826 |taxon=''Estlandia'' |accessdate=30 May 2021}}</ref><ref name=FW/> }}
[[File:Brachiopod_fossil.jpg|thumb|right|An example of a brachiopod shell fossil]] '''''Estlandia''''' is a gonambonitid genus. It is one of the endemic brachiopods in the Ordovician of Baltoscandia.<ref name="auto">{{cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2hcc6CyZb-sC&q=estlandia&pg=PA135|title=Proceedings of the Estonian Academy of Sciences, Geology|first=Estonian Academy|last=Publishers|date=1 September 2002|publisher=Estonian Academy Publishers|accessdate=8 May 2018|via=Google Books}}</ref> Currently, eight different species and subspecies of the genus have been recorded from the Aseri to Keila stages.<ref name="auto"/>
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.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vdb6mZGBZesC&q=estlandia&pg=PA86|title=Proceedings of the Estonian Academy of Sciences, Geology|first=Estonian Academy|last=Publishers|date=1 June 2001|publisher=Estonian Academy Publishers|accessdate=8 May 2018|via=Google Books}}</ref><ref name="auto"/>
The first notes on ''Estlandia'' date back to 1840.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://fossiilid.info/1159|title=Fossiilid.info: ''Estlandia''|website=fossiilid.info|accessdate=8 May 2018}}</ref> The genus name was first published in 1931.<ref name=FW>{{fossilworks |id=26769 |title=†''Estlandia'' Schuchert and Cooper 1931 (lamp shell) |accessdate=30 May 2021 }}</ref>
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Category:Brachiopod genera Category:Middle Ordovician first appearances Category:Late Ordovician extinctions Category:Fossils of Estonia Category:Fossils of Russia
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