Svarcava Valley, west of Solopysky (Devonian of Czech Republic)

Also known as Švarcava

Where: Czech Republic (50.0° N, 14.3° E: paleocoordinates 38.8° S, 48.8° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Zlichov Formation, Early/Lower Emsian (409.1 - 402.5 Ma)

• About 40-45 m below upper boundary of Zlichov Limestone, upper part of tentaculite zone with Nowakia praecursor

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified, calcareous shale

• Intercalations of dark calcareous shales with cherts

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Collection methods: Repository: National Museum, Prague

Primary reference: I. Chlupac and V. Turek. 1983. Devonian goniatites from the Barrandian area, Czechoslovakia. Rozpravy Ustredniho Ustavu Geologickeho 46:1-159 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 172637: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 14.08.2015

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Cephalopoda
 Agoniatitida - Mimosphinctidae
"Anetoceras (Anetoceras) oriens n. sp." = Ruanites oriens
"Anetoceras (Anetoceras) oriens n. sp." = Ruanites oriens Chlupac and Turek 1983 ammonite
 Agoniatitida - Teicherticeratidae
Teicherticeras senior n. sp. Chlupac and Turek 1983 ammonite