Genus

Pteropelta Eisenack, 1939

Selection of related publications

Hints, O., Tonarová, P. 2023. A diverse Hirnantian scolecodont assemblage from northern Estonia and resilience of polychaetes to the end-Ordovician mass extinction. Estonian Journal of Earth Sciences 72, 1, 46-49. DOI:10.3176/earth.2023.20

Hints, O., Tonarová, P., Desrochers, A. 2016. Late Ordovician jaw-bearing polychaetes from Anticosti Island, eastern Canada, and their biogeographic significance. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 53, 7, 731-738. DOI:10.1139/cjes-2015-0222

Hints, O., Eriksson, M. 2010. Ordovician polychaeturid polychaetes: Taxonomy, distribution and palaeoecology. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 55, 2, 309-320. DOI:10.4202/app.2009.0086

Hints, L., Hints, O., Nemliher, R., Nõlvak, J. 2007. Hulterstad brachiopods and associated faunas in the Vormsi Stage (Upper Ordovician, Katian) of the Lelle core, Central Estonia. Estonian Journal of Earth Sciences 56, 3, 131-142.

Hints, O., Eriksson, M. E. 2007. Diversification and biogeography of scolecodont-bearing polychaetes in the Ordovician. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 254, 1-2, 95-114. DOI:10.1016/j.palaeo.2006.02.029

Hints, O. 1998. Late Viruan (Ordovician) polychaete jaws from North Estonia and the St. Petersburg Region. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 43, 3, 471-516.

List of species

1. Pteropelta gladiata Eisenack, 1939 | Volkhov Stage→Juuru Stage

2. Pteropelta huberti Hints et Eriksson, 2010 | Kukruse Stage→Pirgu Stage

3. Pteropelta kielanae (Hints, 1998) | Haljala Stage→Keila Stage

4. Pteropelta sp. A Hints, 1998

Classification

Organism group	Biota
Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Annelida
Class	Polychaeta
Order	Eunicida
Family	Polychaeturidae
Genus	Polychaetura
	Pteropelta
Species	gladiata
	glossa
	huberti
	kielanae
	sp. A
	thomsoni