Brachiopoda
Family

Obolidae King, 1846

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Selection of related publications
Vinn, O., Holmer, L. E., Wilson, M. A., Isakar, M., Toom, U. 2021. Possible drill holes and pseudoborings in obolid shells from the Cambrian/Ordovician boundary beds of Estonia and the uppermost Cambrian of NW Russia.Historical Biology 33 , 12,3579–3584. DOI:10.1080/08912963.2021.1878355
Holmer, L. E., Popov, L. E., Ghobadi Pour, M., Zhang, Z., Zhang, Z. 2017. Unusual pitted Ordovician brachiopods from the East Baltic: the significance of coarsely pitted ornamentations in linguliforms.Papers in Palaeontology 3 , 3,387-399. DOI:10.1002/spp2.1080
Lang, L., Kirsimäe, K., Vahur, S. 2016. Diagenetic fate of bioapatite in linguliform brachiopods: multiple apatite phases in shells of Cambrian lingulate brachiopod Ungula ingrica (Eichwald).Lethaia 49 , 1,13-27. DOI:10.1111/let.12127
Lang, L. 2015. Baculate shell structure in Early Palaeozoic linguliform brachiopods.Dissertationes Geologicae Universitatis Tartuensis 40 , 1-113.
Lang, L., Puura, I. 2013. Phosphatized organic nanostructures in the Cambrian linguloid brachiopod Ungula inornata (Mickwitz).Estonian Journal of Earth Sciences 62 , 3,121-130. DOI:10.3176/earth.2013.10
Lang, L., Uibopuu, E., Puura, I. 2011. Nanostructures in Palaeozoic linguloid brachiopods.Memoirs of the Association of Australasian Palaeontologists 41 , 359−366.
Nemliher, J., Kurvits, T., Kallaste, T., Puura, I. 2004. Apatite varieties in the shell of the Cambrian lingulate brachiopod Obolus apollinis Eichwald.Proceedings of the Estonian Academy of Sciences. Geology 53 , 4,246-256. DOI:10.3176/geol.2004.4.02
Popov, L. E., Holmer, L. E. 2003. Understanding linguloid brachiopods: Obolus and Ungula as examples.Carnets de Géologie , 6,1-13.
Holmer, L. E., Biernat, G. 2002. Lingulate brachiopods from Lower Ordovician (Tremadoc) chalcedonites, Holy Cross Mountains, Poland.Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 47 , 1,141-156.
Holmer, L. E., Popov, L. E. 2000. Class Lingulata.Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology, part H Brachiopoda , pp. 30-146.
Puura, I. 1996. Lingulate brachiopods and biostratigraphy of the Cambrian-Ordovician boundary beds in Baltoscandia.Doctoral Thesis , pp. 1-214.
Popov L., Nõlvak J., Holmer, L. 1994. Late Ordovician lingulate brachiopods from Estonia.Palaeontology 37 , 3,627-650.
Popov, L., Holmer, L. E. 1994. Cambrian-Ordovician lingulate brachiopods from Scandinavia, Kazakhstan, and South Ural Mountains.Fossils and Strata 35 , 1-156. DOI:10.1111/j.1502-3931.1994.tb01571.x
Holmer, L. E., Popov, L. E. 1994. Revision of the type species of Acrotreta and related Lingulate brachiopods.Journal of Paleontology 68 , 3,433-450. DOI:10.1017/S002233600002583X
Holmer, H., Popov, L. E. 1990. The acrotretacean brachiopod Ceratreta tanneri (Metzger) from the Upper Cambrian of Baltoscandia.GFF 112 , 3,249-263. DOI:10.1080/11035899009454772
Popov, L. E., Khazanovich, K. K. 1989. Lingulata (inarticulate brachiopods with phosphate-calcium shell).The Key sections and stratigraphy of the phosphate bearing Obolus beds of the North-East of the Russian platform , pp. 96-136.
Kaljo, D., Borovko, N., Heinsalu, H., Khazanovich, K., Mens, K., Popov, L., Sergejeva, S., Sobolevskaya, R., Viira, V. 1986. The Cambrian-Ordovician boundary in the Baltic-Ladoga clint area (North Estonia and Leningrad Region, USSR).Eesti NSV Teaduste Akadeemia Toimetised. Geoloogia / Известия Академии наук Эстонской ССР. Геология 35 , 3,97-108. DOI:10.3176/geol.1986.3.01
Khazanovich, K. K., Popov, L. E., Melnikova, L. M. 1984. Bezzamkovye brahiopody, ostrakody (bradoriidy) i hiolitel'minty iz sablinskoj svity Leningradskoj oblasti.Paleontologicheski Zhurnal 4 , 33-47.
Biernat, G. 1973. Ordovician Inarticulate Brachiopods from Poland and Estonia.Palaeontologia Polonica 28 , 1-116.
Gorjansky, V. J. 1969. Bezzamkovye brahiopody kembrijskih i ordovikskih otloženij severo-zapada Russkoj platformy.
Eichwald, E. 1860. Lethaea Rossica ou Paléontologie de la Russie. Premier volume. Ancienne Période en deux sections. DOI:10.5962/bhl.title.52391
List of species
3. Euobolus elegans (Mickwitz, 1896) | Upper Cambrian (old nomenclature)Tremadocian
7. Leptembolon lingulaeformis (Mickwitz, 1896) | Hunneberg StageBillingen Stage
8. Leptembolon recta Gorjansky, 1969 | Leetse Formation
11. Lingulella nitida Gorjansky, 1969 | Hunneberg StageBillingen Stage
12. Obolus apollinis Eichwald, 1829 | Upper Cambrian (old nomenclature)Tremadocian
13. Obolus eichwaldi (Mickwitz, 1896) | Upper Cambrian (old nomenclature)Tremadocian
15. Obolus ruchini Khazanovitch et Popov, 1984 | Baltic Middle Cambrian
16. Obolus transversus (Pander, 1830) | Baltic Middle Cambrian
18. Oepikites fragilis Popov et Khazanovitch, 1989 | Upper Cambrian (old nomenclature)
19. Oepikites koltchanovi Khazanovitch et Popov, 1984 | Middle Cambrian (old nomenclature)