Deep water setting, Prague Basin (Ordovician of Czech Republic)

Also known as Bohdelac Fm, deep water setting, Prague Basin, Czech Republic

Where: Czech Republic (50.0° N, 14.0° E: paleocoordinates 59.5° S, 77.2° E)

• basin-level geographic resolution

When: Bohdalec Formation, Bohdalec (457.5 - 445.2 Ma)

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: offshore; lithified, black shale

• Black, clayey shales

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: V. Havlicek and J. Vanek. 1966. The biostratigraphy of the Ordovician of Bohemia. Sbornik Geologickych Ved, Paleontologie 8:7-69 [A. Miller/P. Novack-Gottshall/P. Wagner]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 3874: authorized by Arnold Miller, entered by Phil Novack-Gottshall on 11.08.1999, edited by Pete Wagner

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Scyphozoa
 Conulariida - Conulariidae
Pterobranchia
 Graptoloidea - Dicranograptidae
Dicranograptus sp. Hall 1865 graptolite
 Graptoloidea - Diplograptidae
Diplograptus sp. graptolite
Rectograptus sp. Pribyl 1949 graptolite
Orthograptus sp. Lapworth 1873 graptolite
 Sphaeronitida - Aristocystitidae
Aristocystites sp. Barrande 1887
Ostracoda
 Palaeocopida - Leperditellidae
 Beyrichiacea -
 Beyrichicopida - Ctenonotellidae
Ctenentoma sp. Schmidt 1941 ostracod
 Beyrichicopida - Bolliidae
Ulrichia sp. Jones 1890 ostracod
 Beyrichicopida - Aechminidae
"Parapyxion sp." = Vogdesella ostracod
Aechmina sp. Jones and Holl 1869 ostracod
Crescentilla sp. Barrande 1872 ostracod
Pseudulrichia sp. Schmidt 1941 ostracod
 Leperditellocopida - Schmidtellidae
Paraschmidtella sp. Sidaraviciené 1992 ostracod
 Leperditellocopida - Aparchitidae
Macronotella sp. Ulrich 1894 ostracod
 Hollinocopida - Tetradellidae
"Hastatellina sp." = Ceratopsis, Tallinnella sp.
"Hastatellina sp." = Ceratopsis Ulrich 1894 ostracod
originally entered as "Hastatellinna sp."
Tallinnella sp. Opik 1937 ostracod
Trilobita
 Asaphida - Cyclopygidae
Cyclopyge sp. Hawle and Corda 1847 trilobite
Bohemilla sp. Barrande 1872 trilobite
 Asaphida - Asaphidae
Opsimasaphus sp. Kielan 1960 trilobite
 Trinucleida - Raphiophoridae
Lonchodomas sp. Angelin 1854 trilobite
 Trinucleida - Trinucleidae
Onnia sp. Bancroft 1933 trilobite
 Corynexochida - Illaenidae
Stenopareia sp. Holm 1886 trilobite
 Odontopleurida - Odontopleuridae
Selenopeltis sp. Hawle and Corda 1847 trilobite
 Harpetida - Harpetidae
"Declivolithus sp." = Bohemoharpes
"Declivolithus sp." = Bohemoharpes Vanek 1963 trilobite
 Phacopida - Calymenidae
Prionocheilus sp. Rouault 1847 trilobite
 Phacopida - Dalmanitidae
Eudolatites sp. Delo 1935 trilobite
 Phacopida - Acastidae
Sokhretia sp. Hupe 1956 trilobite
Phacopidina sp. Bancroft and Lamont 1949 trilobite
Kloucekia sp. Delo 1935 trilobite
Hyolitha
 Hyolithida - Hyolithidae
Hyolithes sp. d'Eichwald 1840
originally entered as "Hyolithes" sp."
Strophomenata
 Strophomenida - Aegiromenidae
Sericoidea sp. Lindström 1953
Aegiria sp. Opik 1933
originally entered as "Aegiromena sp."
 Strophomenida - Rafinesquinidae
Rafinesquina sp. Hall and Clarke 1892
Rhynchonellata
 Orthida - Dalmanellidae
 Orthida - Draboviidae
Lingulata
 Lingulida - Obolidae
Lingulella sp. Salter 1866
 Lingulida - Paterulidae
Paterula sp. Barrande 1879
Craniata
 Craniida - Craniidae
Petrocrania sp. Raymond 1910
Gastropoda
  -
Gastropoda indet. Cuvier 1795 snail
 Bellerophontida - Bucanellidae
Bucanella sp. Meek 1871 snail
 Murchisoniina - Lophospiridae
Lophospira sp. Whitfield 1886 snail
Bivalvia
 Nuculanida - Malletiidae
Palaeoneilo sp. Hall and Whitfield 1869 clam
 Modiomorphida - Modiomorphidae
Dceruska sp. Barrande 1881 clam
Tergomya
 Cyrtonellida - Cyrtolitidae
Sinuitopsis sp. Perner 1903
 Archinacellida - Archinacellidae
Archinacella sp. Ulrich and Scofield 1897
Cephalopoda
 Orthocerida - Orthoceratidae
Orthoceras sp. Breynius 1832
originally entered as "Orthoceras" sp."