Skalka Quartzite (Dobrotiva) Fm, Prague Basin, Czech Republic (Ordovician of Czech Republic)

Where: Czech Republic (50.0° N, 14.0° E: paleocoordinates 57.1° S, 85.0° E)

• basin-level geographic resolution

When: Skalka Quartzite Member (Dobrotiva Formation), Dobrotivian (459.0 - 457.9 Ma)

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: delta front; lithified sandstone

• Medium-grained quartz sandstone; shallow nearshore, "wide delta"

Primary reference: V. Havlicek and J. Vanek. 1966. The biostratigraphy of the Ordovician of Bohemia. Sbornik Geologickych Ved, Paleontologie 8:7-69 [A. Miller/P. Novack-Gottshall/P. Wagner]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 3858: authorized by Arnold Miller, entered by Phil Novack-Gottshall on 11.08.1999

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Taxonomic list

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Rhynchonellata
 Orthida - Heterorthidae
Svobodaina dalmanelloides
Trilobita
 Asaphida - Cyclopygidae
Cyclopyge umbonata bohemica
Crinoidea
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Crinoidea indet.
Crinoidea indet. Miller 1821 Sea lily
columnals
 Sphaeronitida - Sphaeronitidae
Calix purkynei n. sp.
Calix purkynei n. sp. Kloucek 1917
"Calix purkyněi"
Pterobranchia
 Graptoloidea - Diplograptidae
"Glyptograptus teretiusculus" = Hustedograptus teretiusculus
"Glyptograptus teretiusculus" = Hustedograptus teretiusculus Hisinger 1840 graptolite
Rhynchonellata
 Orthida - Heterorthidae
Tafilaltia dalmanelloides, Tissintia velizia
Strophomenata
 Strophomenida - Leptellinidae
"Leptellina primula" = Benignites primula
"Leptellina primula" = Benignites primula Barrande 1879
Trilobita
 Odontopleurida - Odontopleuridae
"Selenopeltis buchi macrophthalma" = Selenopeltis macrophthalma
"Selenopeltis buchi macrophthalma" = Selenopeltis macrophthalma Kloucek 1916 trilobite
 Trinucleida - Trinucleidae
Nankinolithus sp.
Nankinolithus sp. Lu 1957 trilobite