Praha-Dubeč (Ordovician of Czech Republic)

Also known as Specimen # YA2602 in the paleontological collection of the Czech Geological Survey, Prague; New genus Slehoferia from Zahorany Fm. (Caradoc) of Prague Basin

Where: Bohemia, Czech Republic (50.1° N, 14.6° E: paleocoordinates 58.3° S, 81.2° E)

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Zahorany Formation, Zahorany (457.5 - 455.8 Ma)

• Given as Caradocian in text.

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; concretionary siltstone

Size class: mesofossils

Preservation: concretion

Collection methods: Specimen measured for body size database for M. Kowalewski

Primary reference: D. M. Rohr and J. Frýda. 2001. A new Ordovician gastropod and operculum from the Czech Republic. Journal of Paleontology 75(2):461-462 [A. Miller/R. Krause/P. Wagner]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 13512: authorized by Arnold Miller, entered by Rich Krause on 10.04.2002, edited by Pete Wagner

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Taxonomic list

• New genus 'Slehoferia' described.
Gastropoda
 Bellerophontida - Sinuitidae
Cyrtodiscus simaki Horný 1997 snail
 Murchisoniina - Trochonematidae
"Slehoferia excavata n. gen." = Slehoferia excavatum
"Slehoferia excavata n. gen." = Slehoferia excavatum Perner 1903 snail
Tergomya
 Kiringellida - Hypseloconidae
Pygmaeoconus krafti Horný 1997