Where: Czech Republic (49.9° N, 14.2° E: paleocoordinates 49.0° S, 55.3° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: Monograptus transgrediens zone, Pridoli (423.0 - 419.2 Ma)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; gray lime mudstone and shelly/skeletal, gray limestone
Collection methods: Bivalves (table 16.18) definitely from type locality. Text suggests that other material is also found there. Author gives abundance and life mode for bivalves.
Primary reference: J. Kříž. 1999. Bivalvia communities of Bohemian type from the Silurian and Lower Devonian carbonate facies. In A. J. Boucot. J. D. Lawson (ed.), Paleocommunities -- A case study from the Silurian and Lower Devonian 229-252 [M. Foote/M. Foote/P. Wagner]more details
Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis
PaleoDB collection 14183: authorized by Michael Foote, entered by Michael Foote on 22.05.2002
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Cephalopoda | |
Cephalopoda indet. Cuvier 1797 | |
Gastropoda | |
Gastropoda indet. Cuvier 1795 snail | |
Bivalvia | |
"Pelecypoda indet." = Bivalvia
"Pelecypoda indet." = Bivalvia Linnaeus 1758 clam | |
Praeostrea bohemica Barrande 1881 oyster | |
Joachymia impatiens pearl oyster
Joachymia falcata pearl oyster | |
Leptodesma sp. Hall 1883 oyster | |
Snoopyia veronika, Snoopyia insolita, Pygolfia radiata, Pygolfia nina, Cardiolinka fortis, Cardiolinka concubina
Snoopyia veronika clam
Snoopyia insolita clam
Pygolfia radiata clam
Pygolfia nina Barrande 1881 clam
Cardiolinka fortis clam | |
Praecardium sp. Barrande 1881 clam | |
Spanila sp. Barrande 1881 clam | |
Malacostraca | |
Ceratiocaris bohemica Barrande 1853 |