Letna, midshelf setting, Prague Basin (Ordovician to of Czechia)

Also known as Combined D. redux and Bicuspina communities; Letna Fm, midshelf setting, Prague Basin, Czech Republic

Where: Czechia (50.0° N, 14.0° E)

• Paleocoordinates: 66.3° S, 14.1° E (Wright 2013)

• basin-level geographic resolution

When: Letna Formation, Letna to Letna (463.3 - 457.2 Ma)

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: transition zone or lower shoreface; lithified, argillaceous sandstone

• Quartz sandstone with clay, and greywacke

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

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 3861: authorized by Arnold Miller, entered by Phil Novack-Gottshall on 11.08.1999, edited by Pete Wagner

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Taxonomic list

Bivalvia
 Nuculida - Praenuculidae
Scyphozoa
 Conulariida - Conulariidae
Bivalvia
 Nuculanida - Malletiidae
Scyphozoa
 Conulariida - Conulariidae
Branchiopoda
 Phyllopoda -
Malacostraca
 Phyllocarida -
Nothozoe pollens n. gen. n. sp.
Nothozoe pollens n. gen. n. sp.
Ostracoda
 Palaeocopida - Ctenonotellidae
 Palaeocopida - Aechminidae
 Palaeocopida - Tetradellidae
"Hastatellina sp." = Ceratopsis, "Ceratopsis hastata" = Hastatellina hastata, Tallinnella bohemica, "Trubinella latens" = Hippula latens
"Hastatellina sp." = Ceratopsis Ulrich 1894 ostracod
"Ceratopsis hastata" = Hastatellina hastata Barrande 1872 ostracod
"Trubinella latens" = Hippula latens Barrande 1872 ostracod
  -
Cytheropsis testis ostracod
"Cytheropsis" testis
Cytherina graegaria ostracod
"Cytherina" graegaria
Artiopoda
  -
"Zonozoe drabowiensis n. gen. n. sp." = Zonozoe draboviensis
"Zonozoe drabowiensis n. gen. n. sp." = Zonozoe draboviensis Barrande 1872
 Aglaspidida -
 Cheloniellida -
Drabovaspis complexa n. gen. n. sp., Duslia insignis n. gen. n. sp., Triopus draboviensis n. gen. n. sp.
Drabovaspis complexa n. gen. n. sp. Chlupac 1963
Duslia insignis n. gen. n. sp. Jahn 1893
Triopus draboviensis n. gen. n. sp. Barrande 1872
Trilobita
 Odontopleurida - Odontopleuridae
Primaspis (Primaspis) primordialis Barrande 1846 trilobite
Selenopeltis buchi buchi Barrande 1846 trilobite
 Phacopida - Calymenidae
"Pharostoma pulchrum mendax" = Prionocheilus pulchra
"Pharostoma pulchrum mendax" = Prionocheilus pulchra Beyrich 1846 trilobite
 Phacopida - Homalonotidae
Platycoryphe bohemica Barrande 1852 trilobite
Colpocoryphe grandis Snajdr 1956 trilobite
Plaesiacomia rara Hawle and Corda 1847 trilobite
 Phacopida - Dalmanitidae
Eudolatites dubia Barrande 1846 trilobite
 Phacopida - Acastidae
Kloucekia phillipsi Barrande 1846 trilobite
"Kloučekia phillipsi"
 Phacopida - Pliomeridae
 Phacopida - Cheiruridae
 Corynexochida - Styginidae
 Corynexochida - Illaenidae
Caryon bohemicus n. gen. n. sp. trilobite
 Trinucleida - Trinucleidae
Deanaspis sp. Hughes et al. 1975 trilobite
Onnia goldfussi Barrande 1846 trilobite
 Asaphida - Asaphidae
Polychaeta
 Serpulimorpha -
  -
Bivalvia
 Nuculida - Praenuculidae
Synek antiquus Barrande 1881 clam
 Nuculida - Cardiolariidae
Deceptrix sp., "Praeleda amica" = Praeleda compar
Deceptrix sp. Fuchs 1919 clam
"Praeleda amica" = Praeleda compar Barrande 1881 clam
 Solemyida - Ctenodontidae
Ctenodonta incola clam
"Ctenodonta" incola
Ctenodonta librans clam
"Ctenodonta" librans
Ctenodonta pragensis clam
"Ctenodonta" pragensis
 Nuculanida - Malletiidae
Palaeoneilo sp. Hall and Whitfield 1869 clam
 Ostreida - Pterineidae
 Cyrtodontida - Cyrtodontidae
"Astarte flexa" = Macrodesma flexa
"Astarte flexa" = Macrodesma flexa Barrande 1881 clam
"Astarte" flexa
 Modiomorphida - Modiomorphidae
"Modiolopsis antiquior" = Whiteavesia antiquior Barrande 1881 clam
"Astarte convergens" = Whiteavesia antiquior Barrande 1881 clam
"Astarte" convergens
 Cardiidia - Grammysiidae
Grammysia catilloides clam
"Grammysia" catilloides
Paragastropoda
 Mimospirida - Onychochilidae
Antispira praecox Perner 1903
Versispira contraria Perner 1903
Tergomya
 Cyrtonellida - Cyrtolitidae
Gastropoda
 Bellerophontida - Sinuitidae
Cyrtodiscus procer Perner 1903 snail
 Bellerophontida - Plectonotidae
"Bucanella bohemica" = Tritonophon bohemica, "Bucanopsis bohemica" = Tritonophon bohemica
"Bucanella bohemica" = Tritonophon bohemica Perner 1903 snail
"Bucanopsis bohemica" = Tritonophon bohemica Perner 1903 snail
 Bellerophontida - Bucaniidae
"Bucanopsis roemeri" = Bucanopsina calypso
"Bucanopsis roemeri" = Bucanopsina calypso Perner 1903 snail
 Bellerophontida - Bellerophontidae
Bucanopsis comata Perner 1903 snail
 Euomphalina - Tychobraheidae
"Holopea antiqua" = Asinomphalus antiqua
"Holopea antiqua" = Asinomphalus antiqua Vanuxem 1842 snail
Rhynchonellata
 Orthida - Heterorthidae
"Svobodaina inclyta" = Svobodaina ellipsoides
"Svobodaina inclyta" = Svobodaina ellipsoides Barrande 1848
 Orthida - Dalmanellidae
Onniella sp., "Mesodalmanella flava" = Onniella flava
Onniella sp. Bancroft 1928
"Mesodalmanella flava" = Onniella flava Havlicek 1950
 Orthida - Saukrodictyidae
Saukrodictya sp. Wright 1964
 Orthida - Draboviidae
 Orthida - Chrustenoporidae
Chrustenopora sp., "Dalmanella chrustenicensis" = Jezercia chrustenicensis
"Dalmanella chrustenicensis" = Jezercia chrustenicensis Havlicek 1951
Strophomenata
 Orthotetida - Triplesiidae
 Strophomenida - Aegiromenidae
 Strophomenida - Rafinesquinidae
 Strophomenida - Furcitellidae
Craniata
 Craniida - Craniidae
Lingulata
 Lingulida - Trematidae
"Ptychopeltis incola" = Schizocrania incola
"Ptychopeltis incola" = Schizocrania incola Perner 1903
 Lingulida - Discinidae
Schizotreta sp. Kutorga 1848
Orbiculoidea grandis
"Orbiculoidea" grandis
 Lingulida - Obolidae
"Lingula deleta" = Rafanoglossella deleta
"Lingula deleta" = Rafanoglossella deleta Barrande 1879
"Lingula" deleta
Stenolaemata
  - Phylloporinidae
Chasmatoporella havliceki
"Chasmatoporella havlíčeki"
Tentaculita
 Cornulitida - Cornulitidae
Stylophora
 Mitrata -
 Mitrata - Kirkocystidae
"Anatifopsis acuta" = Anatifopsis bohemica
"Anatifopsis acuta" = Anatifopsis bohemica Barrande 1872
Crinoidea
 Myelodactylida - Iocrinidae
Blastoidea
 Coronata - Stephanocrinidae
 Rhombifera - Echinosphaeritidae
 Rhombifera - Macrocystellidae
"Macrocystella bohemica" = Macrocystella bohemicus, "Cystidea obscondita" = Macrocystella bohemicus
"Macrocystella bohemica" = Macrocystella bohemicus Barrande 1867
"Cystidea obscondita" = Macrocystella bohemicus Barrande 1867
"Cystidea" obscondita
 Rhombifera - Rhombiferidae
Rhombifera bohemica Barrande 1867
Eocrinoidea
  - Ascocystitidae
Soluta
 Dendrocystitida - Dendrocystitidae
Edrioasteroidea
  - Hemicystitidae
Marrellomorpha
 Marrellida - Mimetasteridae
Furca bohemica n. gen. n. sp.
Furca bohemica n. gen. n. sp. Fritsch 1908