Chotec Limestone of the Eifelian, Barrandia (CZE) (Devonian of Czech Republic)

Where: Barrandia, Czech Republic (49.5° N, 14.3° E: paleocoordinates 29.8° S, 39.0° E)

When: Chotec Limestone Member (Chotec Formation), Eifelian (393.3 - 387.7 Ma)

Environment/lithology: deep subtidal; graded, gray lime mudstone and calcareous, cherty/siliceous mudstone

• "Benthic Assemblage 4 to 5 (in dark shale beds even 6) of Boucot."
• "grey to dark grey well bedded limestones of two principle types: 1 micritic and biomicritic limestones with knobby bedding surfaces, 2 Bioclastic fine to coarse sparitic and bituminous limestones with frequent lamination (even cross lamination present), well sorted bioclasts, graded bedding microbreccias and wave ripples in some layers. A third rock type is generally subordinated dark grey calcareous shales (mudstones) with pyrite, thin plane lamiation... cherts are locally common

Primary reference: I. Chlupac. 1998. Devonian. In I. Chlupac, V. Havlicek, J. Kriz, Z. Kukal, P. Storch (eds.), Palaeozoic of the Barrandian (Cambrian to Devonian) 101-133 [A. Miller/J. Sessa/P. Wagner]more details

PaleoDB collection 12252: authorized by Arnold Miller, entered by Jocelyn Sessa on 16.10.2001

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Taxonomic list

• In Ref 4216: 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.
Cephalopoda
 Agoniatitida - Sobolewiidae
Holzapfeloceras sp., "? Wedekindella prima" = Holzapfeloceras primum
Holzapfeloceras sp. Miller 1932 ammonite
Holzapfeloceras sp. III
"? Wedekindella prima" = Holzapfeloceras primum Chlupac and Turek 1983 ammonite
 Agoniatitida - Werneroceratidae
"? Cabrieroceras devians" = Wendtia ougarta, "Werneroceras (Crispoceras) hanusi" = Crispoceras hanusi, ? Cabrieroceras sp.
"? Cabrieroceras devians" = Wendtia ougarta Petter 1959 ammonite
"Werneroceras (Crispoceras) hanusi" = Crispoceras hanusi Chlupac and Turek 1983 ammonite
? Cabrieroceras sp. Bogoslovsky 1961 ammonite
Cabrieroceras sp. II
 Agoniatitida - Pinacitidae
Exopinacites singularis Chlupac and Turek 1983 ammonite
Pinacites jugleri Roemer 1843 ammonite
Pinacites eminens Chlupac and Turek 1977 ammonite
Foordites succedens Chlupac and Turek 1983 ammonite
Foordites veniens Chlupac and Turek 1983 ammonite
 Agoniatitida - Agoniatitidae
"Agoniatites (Fidelites) occultus" = Fidelites occultus, "Agoniatites (Fidelites) fidelis" = Fidelites fidelis, "Werneroceras (Werneroceras) cf. ruppachense" = Fidelites ruppachensis, "Agoniatites (Fidelites) pinguior" = Fidelites pinguior, "Agoniatites (Agoniatites) annulatus" = Agoniatites annulatus
"Agoniatites (Fidelites) occultus" = Fidelites occultus Barrande 1865 ammonite
"Agoniatites (Fidelites) fidelis" = Fidelites fidelis Barrande 1865 ammonite
"Werneroceras (Werneroceras) cf. ruppachense" = Fidelites ruppachensis Kayser 1879 ammonite
"Agoniatites (Fidelites) pinguior" = Fidelites pinguior Chlupac and Turek 1977 ammonite
"Agoniatites (Agoniatites) annulatus" = Agoniatites annulatus Maurer 1876 ammonite
Strophomenata
 Strophomenida - Anopliidae
 Strophomenida -
 Strophomenida - Leptostrophiidae
Rhynchonellata
 Rhynchonellida - Septalariidae
 Rhynchonellida - Rozmanariidae
 Rhynchonellida - Plectorhynchellidae
 Protorthida - Skenidiidae
 Spiriferida -
Lingulata
 Lingulida - Discinidae
"Orbiculoides tarda" = Orbiculoidea
"Orbiculoides tarda" = Orbiculoidea
Tentaculita
 Nowakiida - Nowakiidae
 Nowakiida - Striatostyliolinidae
 Styliolinida - Styliolinidae
Trilobita
 Harpetida - Harpetidae
 Lichida - Lichidae
"Acanthopyge haueri" = Acanthopyge (Acanthopyge) haueri
"Acanthopyge haueri" = Acanthopyge (Acanthopyge) haueri Barrande 1846 trilobite
 Corynexochida - Styginidae
"Thysanopeltis speciosa" = Bronteus (Thysanopeltis)
"Thysanopeltis speciosa" = Bronteus (Thysanopeltis) trilobite
 Proetida - Tropidocoryphidae
 Proetida - Proetidae
"Proetopeltis neglecta" = Proetopeltis (Proetopeltis) neglecta Barrande 1852 trilobite
Proetopeltis neglecta freone
Piriproetus amblyops Erben 1952 trilobite
Piriproetus amblyops peregrinus
Koneprusites moestiformis Šnajdr 1980 trilobite
Macroblepharum vortex Šnajdr 1980 trilobite
Cyrtosymboloides bembix Šnajdr 1980 trilobite
Aulacopleurina peltata Novák 1890 trilobite
 Proetida - Aulacopleuridae
 Proetida - Otarionidae
 Odontopleurida - Odontopleuridae
Leonaspis pigra trilobite
 Phacopida - Phacopidae
Pterobranchia
 Dendroidea - Acanthograptidae
Dictyonema sp. Hall 1851 graptolite
Conodonta
 Ozarkodinida - Spathognathodontidae
Tortodus kockelianus conodont
Tortodus kockelianus kockelianus
 Ozarkodinida - Polygnathidae
Polygnathus cotatus conodont
Polygnathus cotatus patulus
Polygnathus linguiformis Hinde 1879 conodont
Polygnathus linguiformis bultyncki
Polygnathus costatus Klapper 1971 conodont
Polygnathus costatus costatus
 Ozarkodinida -
Ozarkodina carinthiaca conodont
Ozarkodina carinthiaca bidentata