Loc. 5.5, Pozary Quarry, sect. 345, Pozary (beds 96-158) (Silurian of Czech Republic)

Where: Czech Republic (50.0° N, 14.3° E: paleocoordinates 48.9° S, 55.3° 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; shelly/skeletal, gray limestone and gray lime mudstone

• "The greater part of the Pridoli sequence up to the base of bed 120 is formed of laminites, which consist of a regular alternation of micrite-rich biomicrites and fine grained bioclastic limestones. Several beds of coarse, unsorted bioclastic limestones are developed (100,106). According to Z. Kukal (1986) this...represents quiet limestone sedimentation influenced by climatic cycles [details]. [Limestone beds have bioclastic laminae, micrite beds have clayey laminae.] [Higher in section there are also calcareous shale intercalations, but these are minor.] [Bioclastic limestones come to dominate over biomicrites higher in the section.]"

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 14073: authorized by Michael Foote, entered by Michael Foote on 10.05.2002

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Taxonomic list

unclassified
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Protozoa
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Cephalopoda
 Orthocerida - Dawsonoceratidae
 Orthocerida - Orthoceratidae
 Oncocerida -
Bivalvia
 Cyrtodontida - Cardiolidae
"Cardiola conformis" = Cardiolita conformis
"Cardiola conformis" = Cardiolita conformis Barrande 1881 clam
Strophomenata
 Strophomenida - Rafinesquinidae
Rhynchonellata
 Rhynchonellida - Leiorhynchidae
 Rhynchonellida - Hebetoechiidae
 Atrypida - Septatrypidae
"Dubaria latisinuata" = Septatrypa, "Dubaria megaera" = Septatrypa, Atrypoidea sp.
"Dubaria latisinuata" = Septatrypa
"Dubaria megaera" = Septatrypa
Atrypoidea sp. Mitchell and Dun 1920
 Atrypida - Atrypinidae
 Pentamerida - Gypidulidae
 Pentamerida - Camerellidae
 Athyridida - Dayiidae
Lingulata
 Lingulida - Discinidae
Orbiculoidea sp. d'Orbigny 1847
Ostracoda
 Palaeocopida - Pribylitidae
 Podocopa -
Podocopida indet. Sars 1866 ostracod
 Podocopida - Beecherellidae
Trilobita
 Proetida - Proetidae
Prionopeltis sp. Hawle and Corda 1847 trilobite
"Prionopeltis striata" = Phaetonides striatus Barrande 1846 trilobite
Tetinia minuta Přibyl and Vaněk 1962 trilobite
 Odontopleurida - Odontopleuridae
 Phacopida - Calymenidae
"Apocalymene chica" = Gravicalymene
"Apocalymene chica" = Gravicalymene trilobite
Crinoidea
 Monobathrida - Scyphocrinitidae
Pterobranchia
 Graptoloidea - Monograptidae
Monograptus transgrediens Pemer 1899 graptolite
Monograptus bouceki Pribyl 1940 graptolite
 Graptoloidea -
"Monograptus ultimus" = Neocolonograptus ultimus, "Monograptus parultimus" = Neocolonograptus parultimus
"Monograptus ultimus" = Neocolonograptus ultimus Perner 1899 graptolite
"Monograptus parultimus" = Neocolonograptus parultimus Jaeger 1975 graptolite
Conodonta
 Ozarkodinida -
"Ozarkodina remscheidensis" = Nicollidina remscheidensis, Ozarkodina confluens
"Ozarkodina remscheidensis" = Nicollidina remscheidensis Ziegler 1960 conodont
Ozarkodina confluens Rhodes 1953 conodont