Kacak Member of the Eifelian, Barrandia (CZE) (Devonian to of Czech Republic)

Where: Barrandia, Czech Republic (49.5° N, 14.3° E: paleocoordinates 28.0° S, 36.4° E)

When: Nowakia otomari zone, Kacak Member (Srbsko Formation), Eifelian to Eifelian (393.3 - 382.7 Ma)

Environment/lithology: offshore; black, gray, calcareous, cherty/siliceous mudstone

• "fauna is...generally of Benthic Assemblage 6(pelagic) of Boucot."
• "dark grey or black thinly laminated calcareous shales (mudstones). Subordinate intercalations of dark grey bituminous, finely bioclastic or micritic limestones are locally frequent. Dark laminated cherts (radiolarites) dominate in the territory of Prague."

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 12258: authorized by Arnold Miller, entered by Jocelyn Sessa on 16.10.2001

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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.
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Trilobita
 Harpetida - Harpetidae
"Helioharpes transiens" = Harpes transiens
"Helioharpes transiens" = Harpes transiens Barrande 1872 trilobite
 Proetida - Aulacopleuridae
Aulacopleura inexpectata
Cephalopoda
 Agoniatitida - Agoniatitidae
"Agoniatites (Agoniatites) nodiferus" = Agoniatites nodiferus, Agoniatites (Agoniatites) sp., Agoniatites (Agoniatites) praeceps, "Agoniatites (Agoniatites) holzapfeli" = Agoniatites holzapfeli
"Agoniatites (Agoniatites) nodiferus" = Agoniatites nodiferus Hall 1886 ammonite
Agoniatites (Agoniatites) sp. Meek 1877 ammonite
Agoniatites (Agoniatites) praeceps Chlupac and Turek 1983 ammonite
"Agoniatites (Agoniatites) holzapfeli" = Agoniatites holzapfeli Wedekind 1918 ammonite
 Agoniatitida - Mimosphinctidae
Kokenia tenuissima
Kokenia tenuissima Chlupac and Turek 1977 ammonite
 Agoniatitida - Werneroceratidae
Cabrieroceras crispiforme
Cabrieroceras crispiforme Kayser 1879 ammonite
 Agoniatitida - Sobolewiidae
Holzapfeloceras sp.
Holzapfeloceras sp. Miller 1932 ammonite
Holzapfeloceras sp. I
Pterobranchia
 Dendroidea - Acanthograptidae
Thallograptus jahni, Dictyonema sp.
Dictyonema sp. Hall 1851 graptolite
 Dendroidea - Dendrograptidae
Desmograptus prantli