Where: Czech Republic (49.8° N, 13.3° E: paleocoordinates 54.9° S, 59.0° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: Motol Formation, Homerian (430.5 - 427.4 Ma)
• Age simply given as Late Wenlock.
• formation-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; shelly/skeletal limestone
Collection methods: For several groups, not all taxa listed (in some cases because they're not known). Horny (1955) may be worth consulting for more complete lists on some groups.
Primary reference: V. Havlicek and P. Storch. 1999. Silurian and Lochkovian communities in the Prague basin (Barrandian area, Czech Republic). in A. J. Boucot and J. D. Lawson, eds. Paleocommunities--a case study from the Silurian and Lower Devonian. Cambridge University Press, Cambrdige. 200-228 [M. Foote/M. Foote/M. Foote]more details
Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis
PaleoDB collection 14097: authorized by Michael Foote, entered by Michael Foote on 13.05.2002
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
Anthozoa | |
Anthozoa indet. Ehrenberg 1834 | |
Halysites sp. von Waldheim 1813 tabulate coral | |
Stelliporella sp. Wentzel 1895 tabulate coral | |
Heliolites sp. Dana 1846 tabulate coral | |
Propora sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1849 tabulate coral | |
Thecia sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1849 tabulate coral | |
Favosites sp., "Palaeofavosites sp." = Paleofavosites
Favosites sp. Lamarck 1816 tabulate coral
"Palaeofavosites sp." = Paleofavosites Twenhofel 1914 tabulate coral | |
Thamnopora sp. Steininger 1831 tabulate coral
Pachypora sp. Lindström 1873 tabulate coral | |
Coenites sp. Eichwald 1829 tabulate coral | |
"Xylodes sp." = Entelophyllum
"Xylodes sp." = Entelophyllum Wedekind 1927 horn coral | |
Arachnophyllum sp. Dana 1846 horn coral | |
Gastropoda | |
Gastropoda indet. Cuvier 1795 snail | |
Bivalvia | |
"Pelecypoda indet." = Bivalvia
"Pelecypoda indet." = Bivalvia Linnaeus 1758 clam | |
Cephalopoda | |
Nautiloidea indet. Agassiz 1847 nautiloid | |
Brachiopoda | |
Brachiopoda indet. Cuvier 1805 | |
Rhynchonellata | |
Strophomenata | |
"Leptaena depressa" = Leptaena (Leptaena) depressa
"Leptaena depressa" = Leptaena (Leptaena) depressa Sowerby 1824 | |
Strophoprion cf. euglypha, "Costistrophonella sp." = Strophonella
Strophoprion cf. euglypha Dalman 1828
"Costistrophonella sp." = Strophonella Hall 1879 | |
Trilobita | |
Trochurus sp. Beyrich 1845 trilobite | |
Bumastus bouchardi trilobite | |
Eophacops trapeziceps trilobite | |
"Sphaerexochus mirus" = Sphaerexochus calvus, Cheirurus sp.
"Sphaerexochus mirus" = Sphaerexochus calvus Mc Coy 1846 trilobite
Cheirurus sp. Beyrich 1845 trilobite |