Platy limestone-shale facies, lower Lochkovian, Barrandian S-D boundary section (Devonian of Czech Republic)

Where: Czech Republic (49.9° N, 14.2° E: paleocoordinates 45.0° S, 52.5° E)

• coordinate based on political unit

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Monograptus uniformis zone, Lochkovian (419.2 - 410.8 Ma)

Environment/lithology: marine; limestone and shale

• "Dark coloured, dominantly fine-grained platy limestones with abundant intercalations of shales (Radotin facies)...[believed to be from less aerated, deeper, calmer environment than pure carbonate facies]"

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: I. Chlupac. 1977. Barrandian. In A. Martinsson (ed.), IUGS Series A(5):84-95 [M. Foote/M. Foote/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 13895: authorized by Michael Foote, entered by Michael Foote on 01.05.2002

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

unclassified
  -
Psilophytopsida
 Psilophytales -
Cooksonia sp. Lang 1937
Plantae
Crinoidea
 Monobathrida - Scyphocrinitidae
Scyphocrinites sp. Zenker 1833 Sea lily
Graptolithina
  -
Pterobranchia
 Graptoloidea - Cryptograptidae
 Graptoloidea - Monograptidae
Monograptus uniformis Pribyl 1940 graptolite
 Dendroidea - Acanthograptidae
Thallograptus sp. Ruedemann 1925 graptolite
Dictyonema sp. Hall 1851 graptolite
Acanthograptus sp. graptolite
Conodonta
  -
Trichonodella inconstans Ziegler 1960 conodont
Trichonodella symmetrica Rhodes 1953 conodont
 Ozarkodinida -
"Spathognathodus remscheidensis" = Ozarkodina remscheidensis remscheidensis Ziegler 1960 conodont
Ozarkodina typica Branson and Mehl 1933 conodont
Plectospathodus extensus Rhodes 1953 conodont
Spathognathodus primus Branson and Mehl 1933 conodont
"Hindeodella priscilla" = Ozarkodina conodont
Hindeodella equidentata Rhodes 1953 conodont
Ozarkodina media Walliser 1957 conodont
 Ozarkodinida - Spathognathodontodae
"Neoprioniodus excavatus" = Wurmiella excavata, "Spathognathodus inclinatus" = Wurmiella excavata
"Neoprioniodus excavatus" = Wurmiella excavata Branson and Mehl 1933 conodont
[entered as Neoprinoiodus excavatus]
"Spathognathodus inclinatus" = Wurmiella excavata Branson and Mehl 1933 conodont
 Prioniodontida - Balognathidae
"Neoprioniodus bicurvatus" = Synprioniodina bicurvata
"Neoprioniodus bicurvatus" = Synprioniodina bicurvata Branson and Mehl 1933 conodont
 Prioniodontida - Icriodontidae
Icriodus woschmidti Ziegler 1960 conodont
 Prioniodontida -
"Trichonodella excavata" = Oulodus walliseri
"Trichonodella excavata" = Oulodus walliseri Ziegler 1960 conodont
Gastropoda
 Cyrtoneritida - Orthonychiidae
"Platyceras (Orthonychia) spp." = Orthonychia
"Platyceras (Orthonychia) spp." = Orthonychia Hall 1843 snail
Lingulata
 Lingulida - Discinidae
 Lingulida - Lingulidae
Rhynchonellata
 Rhynchonellida - Glossinotoechiidae
 Rhynchonellida - Hebetoechiidae
Strophomenata
 Strophomenida - Rafinesquinidae
Leptagonia relicta Havlicek 1967
 Strophomenida - Sowerbyellidae
Trilobita
 Proetida - Otarionidae
Otarion novaki trilobite
 Proetida - Proetidae
"Proetus (Coniproetus) affinis" = Coniproetus (Coniproetus) affinis, "Warburgella rugulosa" = Warburgella (Rugulites) rugulosa, Tropidocare index
"Proetus (Coniproetus) affinis" = Coniproetus (Coniproetus) affinis Bouček 1933 trilobite
"Warburgella rugulosa" = Warburgella (Rugulites) rugulosa Alth 1874 trilobite
Tropidocare index Chlupáč 1971 trilobite
 Odontopleurida - Odontopleuridae
 Phacopida - Cheiruridae
Euchelicerata
 Eurypterida - Carcinosomatidae
"Paracarcinosoma acrocephalus" = Eusarcana acrocephalus
"Paracarcinosoma acrocephalus" = Eusarcana acrocephalus Semper 1898 eurypterid
 Eurypterida - Pterygotidae
Erettopterus sp., "Pterygotus (Acutiramus) bohemicus" = Acutiramus bohemicus, "? Pterygotus blahai" = Acutiramus bohemicus
Erettopterus sp. eurypterid
"Pterygotus (Acutiramus) bohemicus" = Acutiramus bohemicus Barrande 1872 eurypterid
"? Pterygotus blahai" = Acutiramus bohemicus Barrande 1872 eurypterid
 Eurypterida - Slimonidae
? Slimonia sp. Page 1856 eurypterid
Deuteropoda
  -
Ostracoda indet. Latreille 1802 ostracod
Ostracoda
 Podocopida - Beecherellidae
Malacostraca
 Archaeostraca -
 Archaeostraca - Ceratiocarididae
"Ceratiocaris cornwallisensis" = Warneticaris cornwallisensis
"Ceratiocaris cornwallisensis" = Warneticaris cornwallisensis Copeland 1960