Where: Czech Republic (50.0° N, 14.2° E: paleocoordinates 54.3° S, 59.4° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: Motol Formation, Homerian (430.5 - 427.4 Ma)
• "Latest Wenlock (about Pristiograptus ludensis Zone; perhaps from the G.nassa-P.frequens to C. colonus Zone.)"
• formation-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; volcaniclastic, calcareous shale and volcaniclastic limestone
•From Chlupac (1987) (PBDB ref. 6191): "...soft brown thinly laminated calcareous shales..." for Raphiophora-Rabuloproetus Assemblage.
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 14103: authorized by Michael Foote, entered by Michael Foote on 14.05.2002
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Prototaxites | |
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Gastropoda | |
Gastropoda indet. Cuvier 1795 snail | |
Cephalopoda | |
Nautiloidea indet. Agassiz 1847 nautiloid | |
Brachiopoda | |
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Craniata | |
Rhynchonellata | |
Resserella canalis Sowerby 1839 | |
Strophomenata | |
Coolinia pecten Linnaeus 1758 | |
Hyolitha | |
Hyolitha indet. Marek 1963 | |
Malacostraca | |
Ceratiocaris sp. M'Coy 1849 | |
Trilobita | |
Aulacopleura konincki trilobite | |
Decoroproetus miser trilobite
Decoroproetus reussi Hawle and Corda 1847 trilobite
Rabuloproetus borekensis trilobite | |
Raphiophorus roualti trilobite | |
Delops orbus trilobite
Delops dermolac trilobite | |
Borkopleura gorella trilobite
Miraspis symara trilobite | |
unclassified | |
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Crinoidea | |
Crinoidea indet. Miller 1821 Sea lily |