Loc. 3.2, Kosov Qy. Sect., sect 778, Pozary Fmn. (Silurian of Czech Republic)

Where: Czech Republic (50.0° N, 12.9° E: paleocoordinates 49.5° S, 54.3° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Pozary Formation, Pridoli (423.0 - 419.2 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; gray lime mudstone and gray, calcareous shale

• "The boundary between the Ludlow and Pridoli is very sharp. ..[lithotypes include] thick bed of grey-brown calcareous shales...micritic and sparitic limestone...monotonous, dark, laminated micritic limestones alternating with grey-brown calcareous shales...The shelly fauna is often sorted and accumulated in thin layers, thus reflecting pulses of higher energy. Sessile benthos is usually poor, with planktic and nektonic organisms dominant...Faunas are generally sparse in the higher parts, consisting mostly of crinoid detritus and graptolites."

Primary reference: J. Kříž. 1992. Silurian field excursions: Prague Basin (Barrandian), Bohemia. National Museum of Wales, Geological Series 13:1-111 [M. Foote/M. Foote/P. Wagner]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 14045: authorized by Michael Foote, entered by Michael Foote on 09.05.2002

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

unclassified
  -
Urnochitina urna
chitinozoan
Protozoa
  -
Psilophytopsida
 Psilophytales -
Cooksonia sp. Lang 1937
Plantae
Cooksonia cf. hemisphaerica Lang 1937
Plantae
Crinoidea
  -
Crinoidea indet. Miller 1821 Sea lily
Pterobranchia
 Graptoloidea -
"Monograptus parultimus" = Neocolonograptus parultimus, "Monograptus ultimus" = Neocolonograptus ultimus, "Monograptus lochkovensis" = Neocolonograptus lochkovensis
"Monograptus parultimus" = Neocolonograptus parultimus Jaeger 1975 graptolite
"Monograptus ultimus" = Neocolonograptus ultimus Perner 1899 graptolite
"Monograptus lochkovensis" = Neocolonograptus lochkovensis Přibyl 1940 graptolite
 Graptoloidea - Cryptograptidae
 Graptoloidea - Monograptidae
Monograptus hornyi graptolite
Monograptus dubius graptolite
Monograptus transgrediens Pemer 1899 graptolite
Monograptus bouceki Pribyl 1940 graptolite
 Graptoloidea -
"Monograptus ex gr. uncinatus" = Uncinatograptus uncinatus
"Monograptus ex gr. uncinatus" = Uncinatograptus uncinatus Tullberg 1883 graptolite
Cephalopoda
  -
Cephalopoda indet. Cuvier 1797
Bivalvia
 Cyrtodontida - Cardiolidae
Rhynchonellata
 Pentamerida - Camerellidae
 Pentamerida - Gypidulidae
 Rhynchonellida - Innaechiidae
 Atrypida - Atrypinidae
Gracianella graciosa Havlicek 1990
 Atrypida - Septatrypidae
Atrypoidea sp. Mitchell and Dun 1920
Strophomenata
 Strophomenida - Rafinesquinidae
 Orthotetida - Chilidiopsidae
Morinorhynchus sp. Havlicek 1965
Trilobita
 Proetida - Proetidae
"Prionopeltis striatus" = Phaetonides striatus, Prionopeltis unica
"Prionopeltis striatus" = Phaetonides striatus Barrande 1846 trilobite
Prionopeltis unica Šnajdr 1976 trilobite
 Proetida - Scharyiidae
Scharyia nympha Chlupac 1971 trilobite
 Proetida - Tropidocoryphidae
 Odontopleurida - Odontopleuridae
 Phacopida - Cheiruridae
 Phacopida - Encrinuridae
Ostracoda
 Palaeocopida - Pribylitidae