Loc. 6.1, Branik Section (764), Motol (Silurian of Czech Republic)

Where: Czech Republic (50.0° N, 14.4° E: paleocoordinates 54.2° S, 59.5° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Motol Formation, Homerian (430.5 - 427.4 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; concretionary, volcaniclastic, gray, calcareous shale and gray lime mudstone

• "The upper Wenlock succesion...starts at an intrusive sill of quartz doleritic basalt, overlain by dark grey, contact-metamorphosed calcareous shales (1). Then follows a large lens of dark grey micritic limestone (2) with remains of Prototaxites, overlain by ... dark grey to dark calcareous shales (3) with [fossils]...Then follow...dark grey calcareous shales with common thin lenses of grey bioclastic limestones and relatively rare small concretions of dark grey micritic limestone (4)...[then more basalt and]..grey to grey brown tuffitic shales with thin calcite veins and rare concretions of dark grey micritic limestone (6)...[then] a sequence of grey brown calcareous tuffitic shales with scattered larger concretions of dark grey micritic limestone (8) [some similar bed descriptions follow] "

Primary reference: J. Kříž. 1992. Silurian field excursions: Prague Basin (Barrandian), Bohemia. National Museum of Wales, Geological Series 13:1-111 [M. Foote/M. Foote/P. Wagner]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 14077: authorized by Michael Foote, entered by Michael Foote on 13.05.2002

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Taxonomic list

unclassified
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Ortotheca pulchra
genus name in quotes (and spelled as it appears here)
Prototaxites
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Prototaxites sp. Dawson 1859
Plantae
Protozoa
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Pterobranchia
 Graptoloidea - Retiolitidae
 Graptoloidea - Monograptidae
Trilobita
 Proetida - Tropidocoryphidae
Strophomenata
 Strophomenida - Rafinesquinidae
 Strophomenida -
 Strophomenida - Aegiromenidae
Rhynchonellata
 Atrypida - Lissatrypidae
Lissatrypa sp. Twenhofel 1914
 Orthida - Dalmanellidae
 Orthida - Plectorthidae
Lingulata
 Lingulida - Lingulidae
Lingula unguis
genus name in quotes
Polychaeta
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Plumulites minimus scale worm
genus name in quotes
Bivalvia
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"Pelecypoda indet." = Bivalvia
"Pelecypoda indet." = Bivalvia Linnaeus 1758 clam
 Modiomorphida - Modiomorphidae
Butovicella migrans Barrande 1881 clam
 Cyrtodontida - Praecardiidae
 Cyrtodontida - Cardiolidae
Cardiola sp. Broderip 1839 clam
 Cyrtodontida - Slavidae
 Cyrtodontida - Stolidotidae
 Cyrtodontida - Spanilidae
"Hemicardium aff. baro" = Kenzieana cardiopsis
"Hemicardium aff. baro" = Kenzieana cardiopsis Barrande 1881 clam
 Myalinida - Lunulacardiidae
Gastropoda
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Gastropoda indet. Cuvier 1795 snail
Cephalopoda
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Cephalopoda indet. Cuvier 1797
Demospongiae
 Chaetetida - Chaetetidae
Pachytheca sp. Schlüter 1885 chaetetid sponge
Plantae
Chitinozoa
 Prosamatifera - Conochitinidae
Conochitina spp. Eisenack 1931