Bohdelac Formation, midshelf setting, Prague Basin (Ordovician of Czech Republic)

Where: Czech Republic (50.0° N, 14.0° E: paleocoordinates 59.5° S, 77.2° E)

• basin-level geographic resolution

When: Bohdalec Formation, Bohdalec (457.5 - 445.2 Ma)

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: offshore; lithified, silty, calcareous shale

• Dark silty shales with carbonate cement

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Preservation: cast, mold/impression

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 3873: authorized by Arnold Miller, entered by Phil Novack-Gottshall on 11.08.1999

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Taxonomic list

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Lingulata
 Lingulida - Paterulidae
Paterula bohemica
Paterula bohemica Barrande 1879
Strophomenata
 Strophomenida - Aegiromenidae
Aegiromena descendens
Aegiromena descendens Havlicek 1952
 Strophomenida - Rafinesquinidae
Rafinesquina sp.
Rafinesquina sp. Hall and Clarke 1892
Either R. pseudoloricata or R. vinicensis or both
Rhynchonellata
 Rhynchonellida - Trigonirhynchiidae
Rostricellula ambigena
 Orthida - Dalmanellidae
Onniella michlensis
 Orthida - Heterorthidae
"Svobodaina inclyta" = Svobodaina ellipsoides
"Svobodaina inclyta" = Svobodaina ellipsoides Barrande 1848
Stenolaemata
 Trepostomida - Amplexoporidae
Monotrypa sp.
Monotrypa sp. Nicholson 1879
Either M. kettneri, M., pragensis, or M. certa or some combination of these species
Bivalvia
 Nuculanida - Malletiidae
Sluha sp., "Ctenodonta (Ctenodonta) bilunata perdentata" = Myoplusia bilunata
Sluha sp. Barrande 1881 clam
"Ctenodonta (Ctenodonta) bilunata perdentata" = Myoplusia bilunata Barrande 1881 clam
 Nuculida - Praenuculidae
"Ctenodonta (Ctenodonta) bohemica" = Praenucula bohemica, "Ctenodonta (Ctenodonta) protensa" = Praenucula bohemica
"Ctenodonta (Ctenodonta) bohemica" = Praenucula bohemica Barrande 1881 clam
"Ctenodonta (Ctenodonta) protensa" = Praenucula bohemica Barrande 1881 clam
 Nuculida - Cardiolariidae
Deceptrix sp.
Deceptrix sp. Fuchs 1919 clam
 Solemyida - Ctenodontidae
Ctenodonta (Ctenodonta) praecox, Ctenodonta (Ctenodonta) disputabilis, Ctenodonta (Ctenodonta) ponderata, Ctenodonta (Ctenodonta) incisa, "Ctenodonta" coercita, "Ctenodonta" neglecta, "Ctenodonta" major, "Ctenodonta" incola
Trilobita
 Trinucleida - Trinucleidae
Onnia abducta
Onnia abducta trilobite
 Phacopida - Dalmanitidae
Eudolatites angelini
Eudolatites angelini Barrande 1852 trilobite
 Phacopida - Acastidae
Sokhretia sp., Kloucekia phillipsi
Sokhretia sp. Hupe 1956 trilobite
Kloucekia phillipsi Barrande 1846 trilobite
"Kloučekia phillipsi"
 Phacopida - Calymenidae
Flexicalymene incerta
Flexicalymene incerta Barrande 1852 trilobite
 Odontopleurida - Odontopleuridae
Selenopeltis buchi buchi
Selenopeltis buchi buchi Barrande 1846 trilobite