West Quarry, Mokra, Czech Rep., collection M9 (Devonian of Czech Republic)

Where: Moravia, Czech Republic (49.2° N, 16.8° E: paleocoordinates 18.8° S, 26.6° E)

• coordinate based on political unit

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Palmatolepis crepida zone, Vilemovice Limestone Formation, Early/Lower Famennian (376.1 - 370.6 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; lithified wackestone

• Algal-Amphipora wackestone

Primary reference: O. Friakova, A. Galle, J. Hladil and J. Kalvoda. 1985. A lower Famennian fauna from the top of the reefoid limestones of Mokra (Moravia, Czechoslovakia). Newsletters on Stratigraphy 15(1):43-56 [T. Olszewski/T. Olszewski]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 3386: authorized by Tom Olszewski, entered by Tom Olszewski on 31.07.1999

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Taxonomic list

Rhodophyceae
  - Solenoporaceae
 Archaeolithophyllales - Palaoaplysinaceae
Palaeoaplysina sp. Krotov 1888
originally entered as "Palaeoplysina sp."
Foraminifera
 Fusulinina - Bisphaeridae
 Fusulinina - Parathuramminidae
 Fusulinina - Archaesphaeridae
Archaesphaera sp.
originally entered as "Archaeasphaera sp."
Stromatoporoidea
 Amphiporida - Amphiporidae
Paramphipora tschussovensis stromatoporoid sponge
indet.
Amphipora moravica Zukalova 1971 stromatoporoid sponge
Demospongiae
 Protomonaxonida - Sollasellidae
Sphaeriella sp. demosponge
originally entered as "Sphaerella sp."
Calcisphaera
  -
Calcisphaera sp. Williamson 1880
Anthozoa
 Favositida - Alveolitidae
Scoliopora denticulata Milne-Edwards and Haime 1851 tabulate coral
vassinoensis
Stenolaemata
 Cyclostomata - Entalophoridae
Umbrellina sp. Reuss 1872
originally entered as "Umbellina sp."