Dobrotiva Fm, Deep shelf setting, Prague Basin (Ordovician of Czechia)

Where: Czechia (50.0° N, 14.0° E)

• Paleocoordinates: 69.1° S, 14.1° E (Wright 2013)

• basin-level geographic resolution

When: Dobrotiva Formation, Dobrotivian (461.0 - 459.7 Ma)

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: offshore; lithified, black shale

• Black, micaceous shale

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Preservation: mold/impression

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 3859: authorized by Arnold Miller, entered by Phil Novack-Gottshall on 11.08.1999

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Taxonomic list

unclassified
  -
Stylophora
 Mitrata - Anomalocystitidae
Scyphozoa
 Conulariida - Conulariidae
Artiopoda
 Phacopida - Cheiruridae
Hyolitha
 Orthothecida - Orthothecidae
Artiopoda
 Trinucleida - Trinucleidae
 Asaphida - Cyclopygidae
Malacostraca
 Archaeostraca - Caryocarididae
Bivalvia
 Solemyida - Ctenodontidae
Artiopoda
 Asaphida - Cyclopygidae
Bivalvia
 Modiomorphida - Modiomorphidae
Dceruska primula primula clam
"Dceruška primula primula "
 Solemyida - Ctenodontidae
Artiopoda
 Asaphida - Cyclopygidae
 Corynexochida - Illaenidae
 Asaphida - Cyclopygidae
Scyphozoa
 Conulariida - Conulariidae
Artiopoda
 Agnostida - Metagnostidae
Edrioasteroidea
  - Hemicystitidae
Artiopoda
 Asaphida - Nileidae
Kodymaspis puer trilobite
 Phacopida - Cheiruridae
Lehua vincula trilobite
 Agnostida -
Lingulata
 Lingulida - Obolidae
Scyphozoa
 Conulariida - Conulariidae
Artiopoda
 Asaphida - Cyclopygidae
Stylophora
 Mitrata -
Pterobranchia
 Graptoloidea - Dicranograptidae
Artiopoda
 Asaphida - Asaphidae
 Phacopida - Dalmanitidae
 Asaphida - Nileidae
Ostracoda
 Palaeocopida - Aechminidae
Artiopoda
 Asaphida - Nileidae
 Phacopida - Calymenidae
 Proetida -
 Phacopida - Pliomeridae
Polychaeta
  -
Bivalvia
 Nuculida - Praenuculidae
Artiopoda
 Asaphida - Cyclopygidae
Scyphozoa
 Conulariida - Conulariidae
Artiopoda
 Corynexochida - Styginidae
  - Sarkiidae
Sarkia bohemica trilobite
"Sárkia bohemica"
 Trinucleida - Dionididae
Polychaeta
 Cuniculepadida - Turrilepadidae
Artiopoda
 Corynexochida - Illaenidae
Zbirovia arata trilobite
 Phacopida - Dalmanitidae
unclassified
  -
Scyphozoa
 Conulariida - Conulariidae
Artiopoda
 Asaphida - Cyclopygidae
Bohemilla klouceki trilobite
"Bohemilla kloučeki"
 Agnostida - Metagnostidae
Lingulata
 Lingulida - Obolidae
Scyphozoa
 Conulariida - Conulariidae
Artiopoda
 Asaphida - Cyclopygidae
Microparia klouceki trilobite
"Microparia kloučeki"
Ostracoda
 Palaeocopida - Aechminidae
Scyphozoa
 Conulariida - Conulariidae
Demospongiae
 Protomonaxonida - Piraniidae
Pirania plasi demosponge
Bivalvia
 Afghanodesmatida - Afghanodesmatidae
Rhynchonellata
 Orthida - Heterorthidae
Artiopoda
 Lichida - Lichidae
Scyphozoa
 Conulariida - Conulariidae
"Plectoconularia proteica proteica" = Conularia, "Plectoconularia proteica raricosta" = Conularia
"Plectoconularia proteica proteica" = Conularia jellyfish
"Plectoconularia proteica raricosta" = Conularia jellyfish
Pterobranchia
 Graptoloidea - Glossograptidae
Cryptograptus tricornis Carruthers 1859 graptolite
 Graptoloidea - Diplograptidae
"Glyptograptus teretiusculus" = Hustedograptus teretiusculus
"Glyptograptus teretiusculus" = Hustedograptus teretiusculus Hisinger 1840 graptolite
 Sphaeronitida - Sphaeronitidae
Calix purkynei Kloucek 1917
"Calix purkyněi"
Rhynchonellata
 Orthida - Paurorthidae
Nereidella sp.
Not sure which reference this taxon was listed
Paurorthis sp. Schuchert and Cooper 1931
"Paurorthis sp. n."
Strophomenata
 Strophomenida - Leptellinidae
"Leptellina primula" = Benignites primula
"Leptellina primula" = Benignites primula Barrande 1879
Lingulata
 Lingulida - Paterulidae
Paterula bohemica Barrande 1879
Hyolitha
 Orthothecida - Orthothecidae
Bactrotheca teres Barrande 1867
 Orthothecida - Novitatidae
"Orthotheca sarkaensis" = Nephrotheca sarkaensis
"Orthotheca sarkaensis" = Nephrotheca sarkaensis Novák 1891
"Orthotheca šárkaensis"
Tergomya
 Cyrtonellida - Carcassonnellidae
"? Plectonotus vokovicensis" = Sarkanella vokovicensis
"? Plectonotus vokovicensis" = Sarkanella vokovicensis Horný 1963
 Cyrtonellida - Cyrtolitidae
 Scenelloidea - Scenellidae
 Archinacellida - Archinacellidae
"Archinacella tarda" = Barrandicella tarda, "Archinacella ovata" = Barrandicella ovata
"Archinacella tarda" = Barrandicella tarda Perner 1903
"Archinacella ovata" = Barrandicella ovata Perner 1903
 Tryblidiida - Tryblidiidae
Pentalina prantli Horný 1961
 Tryblidiida - Protoconchoididae
Gastropoda
 Bellerophontida - Sinuitidae
Sinuites sowerbyi Perner 1903 snail
Sinuites reticulatus Perner 1903 snail
 Bellerophontida - Tropidodiscidae
"Tropidodiscus (Peruniscus) pusillus" = Peruniscus pusillus
"Tropidodiscus (Peruniscus) pusillus" = Peruniscus pusillus Perner 1903 snail
 Murchisoniina - Eotomariidae
"Mourlonia desiderata" = Ptychonema desiderata
"Mourlonia desiderata" = Ptychonema desiderata Perner 1907 snail
Polyplacophora
 Paleoloricata - Septemchitonidae
"Helminthochiton aequivoca" = Sarkachiton aequivoca
"Helminthochiton aequivoca" = Sarkachiton aequivoca Robson 1913 chiton
Bivalvia
 Actinodontida - Cycloconchidae
Pseudocyrtodonta ala Barrande 1881 clam
 Actinodontida - Redoniidae
"Redonia bohemica" = Redonia deshayesi
"Redonia bohemica" = Redonia deshayesi Rouault 1851 clam
 Nuculanida - Malletiidae
Myoplusia sp. Neumayr 1884 clam
Not sure which reference this taxon was listed
 Afghanodesmatida - Afghanodesmatidae
"Praeleda amica" = Praeleda compar
"Praeleda amica" = Praeleda compar Barrande 1881 clam
 Nuculida - Cardiolariidae
Deceptrix sp. Fuchs 1919 clam
Not sure which reference this taxon was listed
 Nuculida - Praenuculidae
Synek antiquus Barrande 1881 clam
Artiopoda
 Agnostida - Metagnostidae
Corrugatagnostus morea Salter 1864 artiopod
 Agnostida - Sphaeragnostidae
Sphaeragnostus similaris Barrande 1872 artiopod
 Phacopida - Cheiruridae
Pateraspis sp. Prantl and Pribyl 1947 trilobite
Pateraspis sp. n.
 Phacopida - Encrinuridae
Dindymene plasi Kielan 1960 trilobite
 Phacopida - Dalmanitidae
 Phacopida - Homalonotidae
Colpocoryphe grandis Snajdr 1956 trilobite
 Harpetida - Harpetidae
Eoharpes benignensis Barrande 1872 trilobite
 Trinucleida - Raphiophoridae
Raphiophorus sp. Angelin 1854 trilobite
Raphiophorus sp. n.
 Trinucleida - Dionididae
Dionide jubata Raymond 1925 trilobite
Dionidella incisa Prantl and Přibyl 1949 trilobite
 Trinucleida - Trinucleidae
Onnia sp. Bancroft 1933 trilobite
Onnia sp. n.
 Ptychopariida - Shumardiidae
"Shumardia bohemica" = Shumardoella bohemica
"Shumardia bohemica" = Shumardoella bohemica Marek 1964 trilobite
 Odontopleurida - Odontopleuridae
Primaspis (Primaspis) sp., "Selenopeltis buchi macrophthalma" = Selenopeltis macrophthalma
Primaspis (Primaspis) sp. Richter and Richter 1917 trilobite
Primaspis (Primaspis) sp. n
"Selenopeltis buchi macrophthalma" = Selenopeltis macrophthalma Kloucek 1916 trilobite