Temporary outcrop just northwest of Běchovice (Ordovician of Czech Republic)

Also known as Research Institute of Solid Gas and Fuel excavation; buried by 1967.

Where: Praha, Czech Republic (50.1° N, 14.6° E: paleocoordinates 60.5° S, 71.2° E)

• basin-level geographic resolution

When: Amplexograptus bohemicus graptolite zone, Kosov Formation, Hirnantian (445.2 - 443.4 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: transition zone or lower shoreface; lithified, gray, green, silty shale

• grayish green shales with pelocarbonate concretions

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: cast

Primary reference: L. Marek and V. Havlíček. 1967. The articulate brachiopods of the Kosov Formation (upper Ashgillian). Vestník Ústredního ústavu geologického 42(4):275-284 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 149320: authorized by Pete Wagner, entered by Pete Wagner on 01.08.2013

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• Brachiopods and bellerophonts on separate lists.
Tergomya
 Cyrtonellida - Cyrtolitidae
Sinuitopsis hornyi n. sp.2 Marek 1963
Gastropoda
 Bellerophontida - Bucanellidae
"Bucanellinae indet." = Bucanellidae2
"Bucanellinae indet." = Bucanellidae2 Koken and Perner 1925 snail
 Bellerophontida - Sinuitidae
"Temnodiscus evolvens" = Cyrtodiscus evolvens2
"Temnodiscus evolvens" = Cyrtodiscus evolvens2 Perner 1903 snail
 Bellerophontida - Plectonotidae
"Bucanella bohemica" = Tritonophon bohemica2
"Bucanella bohemica" = Tritonophon bohemica2 Perner 1903 snail
 Bellerophontida - Bucaniidae
Grandostoma taconicum n. sp.2 Marek 1963 snail
Paragastropoda
 Mimospirida - Onychochilidae
Laeogyra gracilis2 Koken 1897
Bivalvia
 Myalinida - Ambonychiidae
Mytilarca mareki n. sp.1 Kříž and Steinová 2009 clam
= 1982 Cyrtodonta sp. – Štorch, p. 231, pl. 2, fig. 9.
 Pholadomyida -
 Actinodontida - Cycloconchidae
"Myoplusia obtusa" = Pseudocyrtodonta obtusa1
"Myoplusia obtusa" = Pseudocyrtodonta obtusa1 Barrande 1881 clam
 Nuculida - Praenuculidae
Praenucula dispar1 Barrande 1881 clam
Praenucula abrupta n. sp.1 Kříž and Steinová 2009 clam
 Nuculida - Cardiolariidae
Praeleda compar1 Barrande 1881 clam
 Nuculanida - Cucullellidae
Nuculites aff. planulatus1 Conrad 1841 clam
 Nuculanida - Malletiidae
Metapalaeoneilo dromon n. sp.1 Kříž and Steinová 2009 clam
Myoplusia sp.1 Neumayr 1884 clam
Myoplusia contrastans1 Barrande 1881 clam
Sluha kosoviensis1 Barrande 1881 clam
Strophomenata
 Orthotetida - Triplesiidae
 Strophomenida - Aegiromenidae
"Aegiromena ultima n. sp." = Aegiromena (Aegiromenella) planissima
"Aegiromena ultima n. sp." = Aegiromena (Aegiromenella) planissima Reed 1915
 Strophomenida - Rafinesquinidae
Leptaena rugosa, "Leptaenopoma trifidum n. gen. n. sp." = Leptaena (Leptaena) trifidum, Rafinesquina ultrix n. sp.
Leptaena rugosa Dalman 1828
"Leptaenopoma trifidum n. gen. n. sp." = Leptaena (Leptaena) trifidum Marek and Havlíček 1967
Rafinesquina ultrix n. sp. Marek and Havlíček 1967
 Strophomenida - Leptostrophiidae
 Strophomenida - Glyptomenidae
"Bracteoleptaena polonica" = Paromalomena macmahoni
"Bracteoleptaena polonica" = Paromalomena macmahoni Reed 1915
Rhynchonellata
 Rhynchonellida - Trigonirhynchiidae
"Plectothyrella platystrophoides" = Plectothyrella crassicosta
"Plectothyrella platystrophoides" = Plectothyrella crassicosta Dalman 1828
 Orthida - Giraldiellidae
Giraldiella subsilurica n. sp. Marek and Havlíček 1967
Comatopoma sororia n. sp. Marek and Havlíček 1967
 Orthida - Dalmanellidae
Onniella rava n. sp. Marek and Havlíček 1967
 Orthida - Draboviidae
"Hirnantia kielanae" = Kinnella medlicotti, Draborthis caelebs n. gen. n. sp., "Hirnantia sagittifera" = Hirnantia sagittifera, "Drabovia agnata n. sp." = Hirnantia sagittifera
"Hirnantia kielanae" = Kinnella medlicotti Reed 1915
Draborthis caelebs n. gen. n. sp. Marek and Havlíček 1967
"Hirnantia sagittifera" = Hirnantia sagittifera McCoy 1851
"Drabovia agnata n. sp." = Hirnantia sagittifera McCoy 1851
 Atrypida - Anazygidae
Zygospira fallax n. sp. Marek and Havlíček 1967
 Athyridida - Meristellidae
Hindella crassa3 Sowerby 1839
Malacostraca
 Archaeostraca - Ceratiocarididae
Ceratiocaris sp. M'Coy 1849
Trilobita
 Phacopida - Dalmanitidae
"Dalmanitina mucronata" = Mucronaspis (Songxites) mucronatus1
"Dalmanitina mucronata" = Mucronaspis (Songxites) mucronatus1 Brongniart 1822 trilobite