Jirasek's Quarry, 37-41, Koneprusy, Acanthopyge Limestone, central Bohemia (Devonian of Czech Republic)

Where: Czech Republic (49.9° N, 14.1° E: paleocoordinates 29.5° S, 38.6° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Acanthopyge Formation, Eifelian (393.3 - 387.7 Ma)

• Upper Eifelian, kockelianus or ensensis zone

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: open shallow subtidal; lithified limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: peel or thin section,

Primary reference: A. May. 1999. Revision of the Silurian and Devonian stromatoporoids of Bohemia described by Pocta (1894). Journal of the Czech Geological Society 44(1-2):167-180 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 60423: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 15.05.2006

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Taxonomic list

Stromatoporoidea
 Stromatoporellida - Trupetostromatidae
Hermatostroma porosum stromatoporoid sponge
 Actinostromatida - Actinostromatidae
Actinostroma vastum stromatoporoid sponge
Plectostroma yunnanense stromatoporoid sponge