Zlichov Limestone of the Zlichovian stage (CZE) (Devonian of Czech Republic)

Where: Barrandia, Czech Republic (49.5° N, 14.3° E)

• Paleocoordinates: 17.5° S, 9.7° E (Wright 2013)

When: Chapel Member (Zlichov Limestone Formation), Zlichovian (409.1 - 391.9 Ma)

• member-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; gray, calcareous, cherty/siliceous mudstone

• "Benthic Assemblage 3 (Chapel Horizon) and 4 to 5 of Boucot."
• "combination of grey sparitic and micritic limestones, both with common cherts. Intercalations of dark grey calcerous shales are locally frequent in the lower and particularly upper part of the sequence. Thick layers of coarser bioclastic limestones associated with sedimentary breccias (the Chapel Hill Coral Horizon) interpreted as talus deposits of a reef situated outside the preserved Devonian beds of the Barrandian, are found near the Zlichovian base in the vicinity of Prague."

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: I. Chlupáč. 1982. The Bohemian Lower Devonian Stages. Courier Forschungsinstitut Senckenberg 55:345-400 [A. Miller/J. Sessa/P. Wagner]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 12112: authorized by Arnold Miller, entered by Jocelyn Sessa on 09.10.2001

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Taxonomic list

• Table 2 records Graptolites as present, Table 3 records Conodonts as present, Table 4 Ammonoids, Table 5 Tentaculita, Table 6 Trilobites, Table 7 records selected Brachiopods. Other taxa are listed as present in the text.
unclassified
  -
Trilobita
 Proetida - Tropidocoryphidae
Astycoryphe astyx Snajdr 1980 trilobite
Tropicoryphe hermon Snajdr 1977 trilobite
 Proetida - Proetidae
Buchiproetus calypso Šnajdr 1980 trilobite
Sculptoproetus sculptus Barrande 1846 trilobite
Sculptoproetus sculptus sculptus
Macroblepharum perstes Šnajdr 1980 trilobite
Macroblepharum pemicam Šnajdr 1980 trilobite
Macroblepharum loyzi Šnajdr 1980 trilobite
Sculptoproetus tepes Šnajdr 1980 trilobite
Sculptoproetus tepes tepes
Lepidoproetus (Spinoproetus) piper Šnajdr 1980 trilobite
Vicinoproetus sp. Alberti 1967 trilobite
Cyrtosymboloides superstes Barrande 1852 trilobite
"Gerastos (Gerastos) fragosus" = Gerastos fragosus Snajdr 1980 trilobite
 Proetida - Tropidocoryphidae
"Trautensteinproetus verrucatus" = Xiphogonium verrucatum, Xiphogonium loveni
"Trautensteinproetus verrucatus" = Xiphogonium verrucatum Šnajdr 1980 trilobite
Xiphogonium loveni Barrande 1846 trilobite
 Proetida - Otarionidae
"Otarion (Conoparia) convexum" = Cyphaspis convexum, "Otarion (Cyhaspis) hydrocephalum" = Cyphaspis hydrocephala
"Otarion (Conoparia) convexum" = Cyphaspis convexum Hawle and Corda 1847 trilobite
"Otarion (Cyhaspis) hydrocephalum" = Cyphaspis hydrocephala Roemer 1843 trilobite
Otarion (Cyphaspis) hydrocephalum cornigerum
 Proetida - Aulacopleuridae
"Harpidella zlichovensis" = Maurotarion zlichovensis
"Harpidella zlichovensis" = Maurotarion zlichovensis Pribyl and Vanek 1981 trilobite
 Corynexochida - Styginidae
Scabriscutellum billingsi trilobite
Scabriscutellum billingsi billingsi
 Odontopleurida - Odontopleuridae
Koneprusia subterarmata, "Leonaspis derelicta" = Kettneraspis derelicta, "Leonaspis hoernesi" = Leonaspis hoernesii
"Leonaspis derelicta" = Kettneraspis derelicta Barrande 1846 trilobite
"Leonaspis hoernesi" = Leonaspis hoernesii Barrande 1846 trilobite
 Harpetida - Harpetidae
 Phacopida - Cheiruridae
"Cheirurus (Pilletopeltis) sternbergi" = Crotalocephalus sternbergi
"Cheirurus (Pilletopeltis) sternbergi" = Crotalocephalus sternbergi Boeck 1827 trilobite
Cheirurus (Pilletopeltis) sternbergi sternbergi
 Phacopida - Phacopidae
"Phacops (Boeckops) delphinoides" = Boeckops delphinoides, Phacops (Paciphacops) sp., "Reedops modestus" = Nephranomma modestus, "Phacops (Chotecops) glabrens" = Chotecops glabrens, "Phacops (Phacops) degener" = Pedinopariops degener, Reedops decorus
"Phacops (Boeckops) delphinoides" = Boeckops delphinoides Chlupac 1972 trilobite
Phacops (Paciphacops) sp. Emmrich 1839 trilobite
"Reedops modestus" = Nephranomma modestus Barrande 1872 trilobite
"Phacops (Chotecops) glabrens" = Chotecops glabrens Chlupác 1977 trilobite
"Phacops (Phacops) degener" = Pedinopariops degener Barrande 1852 trilobite
Reedops decorus Hawle and Corda 1847 trilobite
 Phacopida - Dalmanitidae
Tentaculita
 Dacryoconarida -
 Nowakiida - Nowakiidae
 Nowakiida - Striatostyliolinidae
 Styliolinida - Styliolinidae
Bryozoa
  -
Bryozoa indet. Ehrenberg 1831
Lingulata
 Lingulida - Discinidae
"Orbiculoides tarda" = Orbiculoidea
"Orbiculoides tarda" = Orbiculoidea
Rhynchonellata
 Spiriferida - Adolfiidae
Amoenospirifer thetidis
Amoenospirifer thetidis amoenus
 Spiriferida - Cyrtiidae
 Spiriferida - Tenellodermidae
 Spiriferida - Hysterolitidae
 Rhynchonellida - Machaerariidae
Sicorhyncha trinacria
Sicorhyncha trinacria trinacria
 Rhynchonellida - Trigonirhynchiidae
Tetratomia amanshauseri
Tetratomia amanshauseri elegans
 Rhynchonellida - Uncinulidae
 Rhynchonellida - Glossinotoechiidae
 Rhynchonellida - Plectorhynchellidae
"Monticola torleyi" = Plectorhynchella
"Monticola torleyi" = Plectorhynchella
 Rhynchonellida - Camarotoechiidae
 Rhynchonellida - Septalariidae
 Pentamerida - Gypidulidae
 Pentamerida - Clorindidae
Clorinda armata Barrande 1879
 Athyridida - Rhynchospirinidae
 Athyridida - Neoretziidae
 Athyridida - Meristidae
 Athyridida - Athyrididae
 Athyridida - Nucleospiridae
 Athyridida - Anoplothecidae
 Orthida - Draboviidae
 Orthida - Schizophoriidae
 Orthida - Dicoelosiidae
 Orthida - Rhipidomellidae
 Orthida - Dalmanellidae
 Orthida - Hesperorthidae
 Protorthida - Skenidiidae
Skenidioides boucoti
[entered as Skenidiodes boucoti]
Skenidioides fascinatus
[entered as Skenidiodes fascinatus]
 Spiriferinida - Cyrtinidae
 Atrypida - Carinatinidae
 Atrypida - Glassiidae
 Atrypida - Punctatrypidae
Punctatrypa olgae
Punctatrypa olgae nalivkini
 Atrypida - Atrypidae
Strophomenata
 Strophomenida - Anopliidae
 Strophomenida - Strophochonetidae
 Strophomenida - Douvillinidae
 Strophomenida - Strophonellidae
 Strophomenida - Leptostrophiidae
 Strophomenida - Rafinesquinidae
 Strophomenida - Sowerbyellidae
"Dalejodiscus subcomitans" = Plectodonta (Dalejodiscus)
"Dalejodiscus subcomitans" = Plectodonta (Dalejodiscus)
 Strophomenida - Strophodontidae
 Orthotetida - Areostrophiidae
Chileata
 Dictyonellida - Eichwaldiidae
"Dictyonella sp." = Eodictyonella
"Dictyonella sp." = Eodictyonella Wright 1994
Cephalopoda
 Bactritida - Bactritidae
 Goniatitida -
Goniatitida indet. Hyatt 1884 ammonite
 Agoniatitida - Auguritidae
Celaeceras praematurum Barrande 1877 ammonite
 Agoniatitida - Mimagoniatitidae
Mimagoniatites fecundus Barrande 1865 ammonite
 Agoniatitida - Mimosphinctidae
"Anetoceras (Anetoceras) oriens" = Ruanites oriens, "Anetoceras (Anetoceras) solitarium" = Erbenoceras solitarium, "Anetoceras (Teneroceras) cf. hunsrueckianum" = Ivoites hunsrueckianus
"Anetoceras (Anetoceras) oriens" = Ruanites oriens Chlupac and Turek 1983 ammonite
"Anetoceras (Anetoceras) solitarium" = Erbenoceras solitarium Barrande 1865 ammonite
"Anetoceras (Teneroceras) cf. hunsrueckianum" = Ivoites hunsrueckianus Erben 1960 ammonite
 Agoniatitida - Mimoceratidae
Gyroceratites circularis Barrande 1865 ammonite
 Agoniatitida - Teicherticeratidae
Teicherticeras senior Chlupac and Turek 1983 ammonite
Palaeogoniatites lituus Barrande 1865 ammonite
"Teicherticeras imago" = Palaeogoniatites imago Erben 1965 ammonite
Pterobranchia
 Dendroidea - Acanthograptidae
Crinoidea
  -
Crinoidea indet. Miller 1821 Sea lily
Conodonta
 Ozarkodinida - Polygnathidae
Pandorinellina steinhornensis conodont
Pandorinellina steinhornensis steinhornensis
Pandorinellina steinhornensis conodont
Pandorinellina steinhornensis miae
 Belodellida - Belodellidae
Belodella sp. Ethington 1959 conodont
 Prioniodontida - Icriodontidae
Icriodus beckmanni conodont
Icriodus beckmanni beckmanni
Icriodus latus conodont