Zakuv (Eurypterid Quarry) at Praha-Velka Chuchle (Silurian of Czech Republic)

Where: Czech Republic (50.0° N, 14.4° E: paleocoordinates 48.9° S, 55.4° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Pridoli Formation, Pridoli (423.0 - 419.2 Ma)

• Upper part of the Pridoli Formation - upper Pridolian

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: gray lime mudstone and calcareous mudstone

• dysaerobic deeper, oxygen deficient environment (paucity of sessile benthic groups; absence of trilobites)
• dark grey,platy, mostly fine bioclastic (up to to biomicritic) bituminous limestorne alternating with dark dark calacareous shales (mudstones) up to shaly limestorns.

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: I. Chlupac. 1993. Geology of the Barrandian: A Field Trip Guide. Senckenberg-Buchen, Frankfurt. [P. Novack-Gottshall/P. Hearn]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 232620: authorized by Roy Plotnick, entered by Roy Plotnick on 08.12.2023

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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unclassified
  -
Snoopya veronica, Joachimia falcata, Snoopya insolita
Euchelicerata
 Eurypterida - Carcinosomatidae
"Paracarcinosoma acrocephalus" = Eusarcana acrocephalus
"Paracarcinosoma acrocephalus" = Eusarcana acrocephalus Semper 1898 eurypterid
 Eurypterida - Pterygotidae
Pterygotus barrandei, Acutiramus nobilis, Acutiramus bohemicus
Pterygotus barrandei Semper 1898 eurypterid
Acutiramus nobilis eurypterid
Acutiramus bohemicus Barrande 1872 eurypterid
Malacostraca
 Archaeostraca - Ceratiocarididae
Ceratiocaris gratus, "Ceratiocaris bohemicus" = Ceratiocaris bohemica
"Ceratiocaris bohemicus" = Ceratiocaris bohemica Barrande 1853
Ostracoda
 Myodocopida - Entomozoidae
Vltavina bohemica
 Cypridinida - Bouciidae
Boucia ornatissima
Bivalvia
 Cyrtodontida - Praecardiidae
Praecardium sp.
Praecardium sp. Barrande 1881 clam
 Cyrtodontida - Cardiolidae
Cardiolinka fortis, Cardiolinka concubina
 Cyrtodontida - Antipleuridae
Paracardium filiferum
 Pectinida - Pterinopectinidae
Pterinopecten cybale
 Ostreida - Pterineidae
Actinopteria sp.
Actinopteria sp. Hall 1884 oyster
 Ostreida - Vlastidae
Praeostrea bohmica
 Myalinida - Lunulacardiidae
Lunulacardium evolvens, Lunulacardium compatum, Pterochaenia impatiens
Cephalopoda
 Discosorida - Mandaloceratidae
Mandaloceras sp.
Mandaloceras sp. Hyatt in Zittel 1900
 Oncocerida -
Corbuloceras corbulatum
 Oncocerida - Hemiphragmoceratidae
Hexameroceras sp.
Hexameroceras sp. Hyatt 1884
 Oncocerida - Trimeroceratidae
Pentameroceras sp.
Pentameroceras sp. Hyatt 1884
 Orthocerida - Dawsonoceratidae
Dawsonoceras omega
 Orthocerida - Orthoceratidae
Orthocycloceras fluminese
 Orthocerida -
Murchisoniceras murchisoni
 Orthocerida - Arionoceratidae
Parakionoceras originale
Gastropoda
 Cyrtoneritida - Orthonychiidae
Orthonychia elegans
Orthonychia elegans Perner 1903 snail
 Euomphalina - Platyceratidae
Platyceras sp.
Platyceras sp. Conrad 1840 snail
Rhynchonellata
 Pentamerida - Camerellidae
Bleshidium triste
Pterobranchia
 Dendroidea - Acanthograptidae
Dictyonema ludlowense
  - Cyclograptidae
Reticulograptus bohemicus
 Graptoloidea - Monograptidae
Monograptus transgradiens, Monograptus perneri, Monograptus bouceki
Monograptus bouceki Pribyl 1940 graptolite
Crinoidea
 Monobathrida - Scyphocrinitidae
Scyphocrinites elegans
Scyphozoa
 Conulariida - Conulariidae
Conularia proteica, Conularia perneri