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Central & East Europe, Harjumaa
Pakri cliffs shore
Paldiski peninsula, Estonia
Fossil site Documented siteRestricted
What you could find
Reported finds from this ground.
FossilsAlso reported: brachiopods, bryozoans, orthoceratid sections, bioeroded cobbles.
Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Partonez (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Why this spot
Ordovician limestone and shale of the Baltic Klint beside Paldiski, a closed Soviet nuclear-submarine training base until 1994; Pakri Landscape Conservation Area since 1998
Documented Ordovician fossil locality (Paleontica lists Paldiski); trilobite fragments, brachiopods and hardground fauna in fallen material
Before you go
Hazards noted for this site.
Cliff edge is actively collapsingKeep back on top and out from under the wall below
Soviet-era debris with sharp metal along the shore
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