Suchomasty Limestone of the Eifelian Barrandia (CZE) (Devonian to of Czech Republic)

Where: Barrandia, Czech Republic (49.5° N, 14.3° E: paleocoordinates 33.9° S, 45.1° E)

When: Suchomasty Limestone Member, Zlichovian to Zlichovian (409.1 - 387.7 Ma)

Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; gray, red wackestone and grainstone

• "shallow subtidal rather high energy environment, Benthic Assemblage 3 of Boucot."
• "predominantly well-bedded red and grey biosparites and biomicrites with abrupt changes of grain size, locally common fenestral ("stromatactis") structures."

Collection methods: This collection is only for the taxa listed for the Suchomasty Limestone of Eifelian age. Collection #12183 lists the taxa for the Suchomasty Limestone of Dalejan age, and collection #12184 lists the taxa for the Suchomasty Limestone of Zlichovian age.

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 12185: authorized by Arnold Miller, entered by Jocelyn Sessa on 11.10.2001

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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.
Tentaculita
 Nowakiida - Nowakiidae
Trilobita
 Proetida - Tropidocoryphidae
"Trautensteinproetus tabasco" = Xiphogonium
"Trautensteinproetus tabasco" = Xiphogonium trilobite