Šárka field (Ordovician of Czechia)

Where: Czechia (50.0° N, 15.3° E)

• Paleocoordinates: 69.9° S, 15.3° E (Wright 2013)

• coordinate based on political unit

• basin-level geographic resolution

When: Sarka Formation, Sarka (469.4 - 463.3 Ma)

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: offshore; lithified, black, gray shale

• Blackish gray shhale

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Preservation: cast, mold/impression

Primary reference: M. Polechová. 2013. Bivalves from the Middle Ordovician Šárka Formation (Prague Basin, Czech Republic). Bulletin of Geosciences 88(2):427-461 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 232240: authorized by Pete Wagner, entered by Pete Wagner on 02.11.2023

Creative Commons license: CC0 (CC0)

Taxonomic list

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Bivalvia
 Actinodontida - Cycloconchidae
Tatula petula n. gen. n. sp.
Tatula petula n. gen. n. sp. Polechová 2013 clam
 Cardioni - Babinkidae
Babinka prima
Babinka prima Barrande 1881 clam
 Modiomorphida - Modiomorphidae
Redonia deshayesi
 Nuculida - Praenuculidae
Praenucula applanans, Praenucula bohemica, Praenucula dispar, Concavodonta ponderata
Praenucula applanans Barrande 1881 clam
Praenucula bohemica Barrande 1881 clam
Praenucula dispar Barrande 1881 clam
Polyplacophora
 Paleoloricata - Septemchitonidae
"Helminthochiton aequivoca n. sp." = Sarkachiton aequivoca
"Helminthochiton aequivoca n. sp." = Sarkachiton aequivoca Robson 1913 chiton
Just given as from Sárka