Where: Czech Republic (50.0° N, 14.4° E: paleocoordinates 44.9° S, 52.6° E)
• coordinate based on political unit
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: Monograptus uniformis zone, Lochkovian (419.2 - 410.8 Ma)
• lowermost Lochkovian
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; shelly/skeletal lime mudstone and shelly/skeletal limestone
Collection methods: Life mode and abundance of bivalves given (table 16.22). Because this list is not at type locality, I have included only those species explicitly listed in table.
Primary reference: J. Kříž. 1999. Bivalvia communities of Bohemian type from the Silurian and Lower Devonian carbonate facies. In A. J. Boucot. J. D. Lawson (ed.), Paleocommunities -- A case study from the Silurian and Lower Devonian 229-252 [M. Foote/M. Foote/P. Wagner]more details
Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis
PaleoDB collection 14188: authorized by Michael Foote, entered by Michael Foote on 22.05.2002
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia | |
"Pelecypoda indet." = Bivalvia
"Pelecypoda indet." = Bivalvia Linnaeus 1758 clam | |
Vlasta sp. Barrande 1881 oyster | |
Mytilarca sp. Hall and Whitfield 1869 clam | |
Patrocardia ex gr. evolvens Barrande 1881 clam | |
Neklania sp. Růžička and Přibyl 1953 clam | |
Jahnia sp., Silurina sp., Dualina ex gr. longiuscula, Dualina ex gr. major, Dualina sp., Praelucina sp., Antipleura bohemica
Jahnia sp. clam
Silurina sp. Barrande 1881 clam
Dualina ex gr. major clam
Dualina sp. Barrande 1881 clam
Praelucina sp. Barrande 1881 clam
Antipleura bohemica clam | |
Paracyclas sp. Hall 1843 clam |