West Quarry, Mokra, Czech Rep., collection M3 (Devonian of Czech Republic)

Where: Moravia, Czech Republic (49.2° N, 16.8° E: paleocoordinates 18.8° S, 26.6° E)

• coordinate based on political unit

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Palmatolepis crepida zone, Vilemovice Limestone Formation, Early/Lower Famennian (376.1 - 370.6 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; lithified wackestone and packstone

• wackestone to packstone, locally bindstone. Stromatoporoid-coral assemblages with a quantitiy of ostracodes and crinoid ossicles. The conodont elements show a well preserved surface being enclosed in micritic rock.

Collection methods: bulk,

Primary reference: O. Friakova, A. Galle, J. Hladil and J. Kalvoda. 1985. A lower Famennian fauna from the top of the reefoid limestones of Mokra (Moravia, Czechoslovakia). Newsletters on Stratigraphy 15(1):43-56 [T. Olszewski/T. Olszewski]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 3384: authorized by Tom Olszewski, entered by Tom Olszewski on 31.07.1999, edited by Pete Wagner

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Foraminifera
 Fusulinina - Geinitzinidae
Geinitzinidae indet. Bozorgnia 1973
 Fusulinina - Colaniellidae
 Fusulinina - Parathuramminidae
 Fusulinina - Archaesphaeridae
 Fusulinina - Paratikhinellidae
 Nodosinellacea - Earlandinitidae
Tikhinella cf. fringa
originally entered as "Tikhinella cf. fringa"
Conodonta
 Ozarkodinida - Palmatolepidae
Palmatolepis minuta conodont
subsp. minuta
Palmatolepis minuta conodont
subsp. wolska
Palmatolepis cf. regularis conodont
originally entered as "Palmatolepis cf. regularis"
 Ozarkodinida - Palmatolepididae
Stromatoporoidea
 Amphiporida - Amphiporidae
Amphipora moravica Zukalova 1971 stromatoporoid sponge
 Syringostromatida - Syringostromatidae
Syringostroma vesiculosum stromatoporoid sponge
 Syringostromatida - Stachyoditidae
Stachyodes sp. Bargatzky 1881 stromatoporoid sponge
 Stromatoporida - Stromatoporidae
Stromatopora sp. Goldfuss 1826 stromatoporoid sponge
 Clathrodictyida - Atelodictyidae
Atelodictyon indet. Lecompte 1951 stromatoporoid sponge
Anthozoa
 Rugosa -
Rugosa indet. horn coral
 Stauriida - Disphyllidae
Disphyllum sp. n. sp. Fromentel 1861 horn coral
originally entered as "Disphyllum sp. nov."
 Rugosa - Charactophyllidae
Alaiophyllum indet. Goryanov 1961 horn coral
sp. nov.
 Favositida - Alveolitidae
Scoliopora denticulata Milne-Edwards and Haime 1851 tabulate coral
subsp. vassinoensis
Scoliopora denticulata Milne-Edwards and Haime 1851 tabulate coral
subsp. nov.
Natalophyllum sp. n. sp. Radugin 1938 tabulate coral
originally entered as "Natalophyllum sp. nov."