Horni Benesov, Nizky Jesenik Mountains, Moravia, CZE (Devonian to of Czech Republic)

Where: Moravia, Czech Republic (50.0° N, 17.0° E: paleocoordinates 26.7° S, 37.8° E)

• coordinate based on political unit

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Eifelian to Eifelian (393.3 - 382.7 Ma)

Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; shelly/skeletal, argillaceous wackestone

• biomicritic limestone with clayey admixture which corresponds to the standard microfacies (smf) 8, wackestone with complete organisms, and to facial zone (fz) 2, deeper depressions in the shelf with open water circulation, but beneath the wave action, or particularly fz 7, quiet-water zone of lagoonal environment. (based on studies of hladil, 1984)

Collection methods: core,

Primary reference: A. Galle. 1993. Middle Devonian Rugosa from Horni Benesov (Moravia, Czech Republic). Casopis pro mineralogii a geologii (Journal of the Czech Geological Society) 38(1-2):59-70 [A. Miller/K. Layou/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 6014: authorized by Arnold Miller, entered by Karen Layou on 18.01.2000

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Taxonomic list

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Anthozoa
 Stauriida - Laccophyllidae
Amplexocarinia sp.
Amplexocarinia sp. Soshkina 1928 horn coral
 Stauriida - Cyathophyllidae
Cyathophyllum dianthus
Cyathophyllum dianthus Goldfuss 1826 horn coral
 Stauriida - Zaphrentidae
Heliophyllum sp.
Heliophyllum sp. Hall 1846 horn coral
 Stauriida - Phillipsastreidae
Thamnophyllum sp., Thamnophyllum moravicum
Thamnophyllum sp. Penecke 1894 horn coral
Thamnophyllum moravicum horn coral
Thamnophyllum germanicum moravicum
 Cystiphyllida - Digonophyllidae
Digonophyllum cf. maximum, Digonophyllum ? sp.
Digonophyllum cf. maximum horn coral
Digonophyllum maximum maximum
Digonophyllum ? sp. Wedekind 1923 horn coral
 Cystiphyllida - Cystiphyllidae
Cystiphylloides duplicatus