Bohdelac Fm, deep water setting, Prague Basin (Ordovician of Czech Republic)

Where: Czech Republic (50.0° N, 14.0° E)

• Paleocoordinates: 61.0° S, 12.3° E (Wright 2013)

• basin-level geographic resolution

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

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: offshore; lithified, black shale

• Black, clayey shales

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 3874: authorized by Arnold Miller, entered by Phil Novack-Gottshall on 11.08.1999

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Taxonomic list

Ostracoda
 Palaeocopida - Schmidtellidae
 Beyrichiacea -
 Palaeocopida - Tetradellidae
Hastatellina posthastata n. sp. Přibyl 1975 ostracod
 Palaeocopida - Ctenonotellidae
 Palaeocopida - Bolliidae
 Palaeocopida - Aechminidae
Pseudulrichia bivertex Ulrich 1879 ostracod
"Parapyxion prunellus" = Vogdesella ostracod
 Palaeocopida - Aparchitidae
 Palaeocopida - Schmidtellidae
 Palaeocopida - Leperditellidae
Trilobita
 Harpetida - Harpetidae
"Declivolithus alfredi" = Bohemoharpes
"Declivolithus alfredi" = Bohemoharpes trilobite
 Phacopida - Dalmanitidae
Eudolatites angelini Barrande 1852 trilobite
 Phacopida - Acastidae
Sokhretia sp. Hupe 1956 trilobite
Kloucekia phillipsi Barrande 1846 trilobite
"Kloučekia phillipsi"
 Phacopida - Calymenidae
Prionocheilus sp. Rouault 1847 trilobite
 Odontopleurida - Odontopleuridae
Selenopeltis buchi buchi Barrande 1846 trilobite
 Corynexochida - Illaenidae
Stenopareia vaneki trilobite
"Stenopareia vaněki"
 Trinucleida - Trinucleidae
Onnia abducta trilobite
 Trinucleida - Raphiophoridae
Lonchodomas sp. Angelin 1854 trilobite
 Asaphida - Cyclopygidae
Bohemilla sp. Barrande 1872 trilobite
 Asaphida - Asaphidae
Gastropoda
 Bellerophontida - Plectonotidae
"Bucanella bohemica" = Tritonophon bohemica
"Bucanella bohemica" = Tritonophon bohemica Perner 1903 snail
 Euomphalina - Holopeidae
"Holopea vermiculosa" = Haplospira vermiculosa
"Holopea vermiculosa" = Haplospira vermiculosa Perner 1903 snail
 Murchisoniina - Lophospiridae
Lophospira viator, "Lophospira spoliata" = Paupospira oweni
Lophospira viator Perner 1907 snail
"Lophospira spoliata" = Paupospira oweni Ulrich and Scofield 1897 snail
Bivalvia
 Nuculanida - Malletiidae
Palaeoneilo sp. Hall and Whitfield 1869 clam
Either P. flectens or P. magna or both
 Modiomorphida - Modiomorphidae
Dceruska primula primula Barrande 1881 clam
"Dceruška primula primula"
Dceruska primula curtior Barrande 1881 clam
"Dceruška primula curtior"
Tergomya
 Cyrtonellida - Cyrtolitidae
 Archinacellida - Archinacellidae
"Archinacella tarda" = Barrandicella tarda
"Archinacella tarda" = Barrandicella tarda Perner 1903
Cephalopoda
 Orthocerida - Orthoceratidae
Hyolitha
 Hyolithida - Hyolithidae
Lingulata
 Lingulida - Paterulidae
Paterula bohemica Barrande 1879
 Lingulida - Obolidae
Craniata
 Craniida - Craniidae
Strophomenata
 Strophomenida - Aegiromenidae
Aegiromena descendens, "Sericoidea homolensis" = Chonetoidea homolensis
Aegiromena descendens Havlicek 1952
"Sericoidea homolensis" = Chonetoidea homolensis Havlicek 1967
 Strophomenida - Rafinesquinidae
Rafinesquina sp. Hall and Clarke 1892
Either R. pseudoloricata or R. vinicensis or both
Rhynchonellata
 Orthida - Dalmanellidae
 Orthida - Draboviidae
Drabovia sp. Havlicek 1950
Either D. latior, D. postrema, D. cf. transgrediens or some combination
 Sphaeronitida - Aristocystitidae
Aristocystites sp. Barrande 1887
Pterobranchia
 Graptoloidea - Dicranograptidae
Dicranograptus cf. clingani Carruthers 1868 graptolite
 Graptoloidea - Diplograptidae
Scyphozoa
 Conulariida - Conulariidae