Roblin-Schichten, Barrandium, Czech Republic (Devonian of Czech Republic)

Where: Bohemia, Czech Republic (50.0° N, 14.5° E: paleocoordinates 26.3° S, 34.6° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Srbsko-Schichten Formation, Early/Lower Givetian (388.1 - 383.7 Ma)

• Roblin-Schichten lies above Kacak-Schichten.

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: micaceous, gray, green shale and sandstone

• Roblin strata formed by greenish/gray-green mica schists and fine-grained sandstones. strata have a Flysch character. isolated interstratifications of limestone (interspersed calcareous bands?) occur in higher horizons (for example, near Histim). fauna similar to that of Kacak strata.

Size classes: macrofossils, microfossils

Preservation: mold/impression, adpression

Collection methods: quarrying, chemical, mechanical,

Primary reference: J. Obrhel. 1961. Die Flora der Srbsko-Schichten (Givet) des mittelboehmischen Devons. [The Flora of the Srbsko Strata (Givetian) of the Central Bohemian Devonian]. Sbornik Ustredniho Ustavu Geologickeho 26:7-46 [P. Gensel/C. Bernard/C. Bernard]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 27159: authorized by Pat Gensel, entered by Caroline Bernard on 20.11.2002

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• "Coniferites" fritschi also found at Srbsko, stratum unknown. original specimen lost during WWII.
Stigmophyton sturi
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Stigmophyton sturi Kraeusel and Weyland 1933
Praha-Hlubocepy
Barrandeina dusliana
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Barrandeina dusliana Krejci 1882
Hlubocepy, Srbsko, Hostim
Drepanophycus
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"Drepanophycus" spinosus
Karlstejn (oak of Brethren)
Psilophytopsida
 Psilophytales -
 Psilophytales - Psilophytaceae
Psilophyton krauseli
Hlubocepy, Karlstejn, Srbsko
Protolepidodendron scharianum
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"Protolepidodendron scharianum" = Chauvinia scharyana
"Protolepidodendron scharianum" = Chauvinia scharyana Krejci 1880
Hlubocepy, Hostim
Protopteridium hostinense
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Protopteridium hostinense Krejci 1880
Praha-Hlubocepy, Hostim
Aneurophytopsida
 Aneurophytales - Aneurophytaceae
? Aneurophyton bohemicum
Praha-Hlubocepy, Holyne, Chynice, Hostim