St. Prokop Quarry (Devonian of Czech Republic)

Also known as I.F. Hanuš' collection

Where: Prague, Czech Republic (50.0° N, 14.0° E: paleocoordinates 41.0° S, 49.8° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Dvorce-Prokop Formation, Pragian (410.8 - 407.6 Ma)

• "Lower Devonian (Pragian)"

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; carbonate

• "shallow water community of carbonate mud mounds"

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Collected by F. Hanuš in the 1900s

Collection methods: surface (float),

• "The specimens were washed out from weathered parts of the section." "collected in the early twentieth century from the St. Prokop Quarry in the southwest part of Prague by the well known Czech collector F. Hanuš." Collections "deposited in the Institute of Geology and Paleontology, Charles University, Prague."

Primary reference: A. Galle and R. L. Parsley. 2005. Epibiont relationships on hyolithids demonstrated by Ordovician trepostomes (Bryozoa) and Devonian tabulates (Anthozoa). Bulletin of Geosciences 80(2):125-138 [P. Novack-Gottshall/P. Novack-Gottshall/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 76471: authorized by Phil Novack-Gottshall, entered by Paul Hearn on 21.11.2007, edited by Phil Novack-Gottshall

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• Article and faunal list focused on epibiont sampling. Likely biased toward benthic, solitary mesofauna and macrofauna. "Because most of the trilobite specimens were removed from the Hanuš collection and deposited elsewhere, our results are statistically skewed. However, trilobites make up a relatively small percentage of the community population."
unclassified
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Thalesoceras amaltheum
This specimen noted as being encrusted by Hyostragulum mobile. Possibly more specimens of this species exist, but were not tallied systematically.
Anthozoa
 Tabulata -
Favositida indet. Wedekind 1937 tabulate coral
 Favositida -
Hyostragulum mobile tabulate coral
4 isolated colonies; 132 colonies found encrusting hyolithid Pterygotheca barrandei
 Rugosa -
Rugosa indet. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1850 horn coral
"small solitary"
unclassified
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Echinodermata indet. Klein 1754
Pluricolumnals. Encrusted by "worm-like tubes, tabulates, rare rugosans, rare bryozoans, and unrecognizable objects, but most were crinoid holdfasts." Tally of encrusters does not include "myzostomid worm" endobionts
Hyolitha
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Hyolitha indet. Marek 1963
 Hyolithida - Pterygothecidae
Pterygotheca barrandei
132 found encrusted with tabulate coral Hyostragulum mobile
Brachiopoda
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Brachiopoda "New genus #1" Cuvier 1805
New genus #1
Brachiopoda indet. Cuvier 1805
Rhynchonellata
 Spiriferida - Tenellodermidae
 Spiriferida - Spiriferidae
 Orthida - Rhipidomellidae
Dalejina hanusi Havlicek 1953
 Pentamerida -
 Pentamerida - Clorindidae
Clorinda sp. Barrande 1879
 Pentamerida - Gypidulidae
Strophomenata
 Strophomenida - Sowerbyellidae
 Strophomenida - Rafinesquinidae
Inarticulata
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Tergomya
 Cyrtonellida - Cyrtolitidae
Neocyrtolites sp.
1 specimen encrusted by "tube-like object ... that might not be organic."
Neocyrtolites advena Perner 1903
Bivalvia
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"Pelecypoda indet." = Bivalvia
"Pelecypoda indet." = Bivalvia Linnaeus 1758 clam
 Myalinida - Lunulacardiidae
Lunulacardium sp. Münster 1840 clam
 Ostreida - Pterineidae
Pterineidae indet. Miller 1877 oyster
 Modiomorphida - Cypricardiniidae
Cypricardinia sp. Hall 1860 clam
Cephalopoda
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Cephalopoda indet. Cuvier 1797
1 specimen encrusted with Tabulata specimen
Rostroconchia
 Conocardiida - Conocardiidae
"Conocardium" sp. Bronn 1835
Gastropoda
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Gastropoda indet. Cuvier 1795 snail
Gastropoda "New genus" Cuvier 1795 snail
New genus
 Pleurotomarioidea -
Pleurotomarioidea indet. Swainson 1840 snail
"Pleurotomarioidea" indet. Swainson 1840 snail
 Bellerophontida - Tropidodiscidae
Sinuitina sp. Knight 1945 snail
 Bellerophontida - Bellerophontidae
Kodymites nestor Horný 1962 snail
? Cymbularia sp. Koken 1896 snail
Coelocyclus sp. Perner 1903 snail
Coelocyclus rarissimus Perner 1903 snail
 Euomphalina - Platyceratidae
"Tubomphalus sp." = Platyceras (Tubomphalus), "? Tubomphalus sp." = Platyceras (Tubomphalus)
"Tubomphalus sp." = Platyceras (Tubomphalus) Perner 1903 snail
"? Tubomphalus sp." = Platyceras (Tubomphalus) Perner 1903 snail
 Euomphalina - Oriostomatidae
Oriostoma sp. Munier-Chalmas 1876 snail
Australonema sp. Tassell 1980 snail
 Euomphalina - Pseudophoridae
Petrochus praecedens Horný 1992 snail
Petrochus cf. praecedens Horný 1992 snail
Rotellomphalus sp. Perner 1903 snail
 Euomphalina - Tychobraheidae
Asinomphalus sp. Horný 1992 snail
Asinomphalus ruzickai Horný 1992 snail
 Euomphalina - Holopeidae
Threavia nuda Horný 1992 snail
 Euomphalina - Euomphalidae
Euomphalidae indet. White 1877 snail
 Murchisoniina - Loxonematidae
? Loxonematidae indet. Koken 1889 snail
Loxonema sp. Phillips 1841 snail
 Murchisoniina - Gosseletinidae
Pragoloron sp. Horný 1992 snail
 Murchisoniina - Eotomariidae
Euconospira sp. Ulrich and Scofield 1897 snail
Liospira sp. Ulrich and Scofield 1897 snail
 Murchisoniina - Subulitidae
"Subulites" sp. Emmons 1842 snail
 Murchisoniina - Murchisoniidae
Murchisonia sp. d'Archiac and de Verneuil 1841 snail
 Murchisoniina - Hormotomidae
Diplozone sp., "Diplozone redux" = Diplozone innocens, "Diplozone ? redux" = Diplozone innocens
Diplozone sp. Perner 1907 snail
"Diplozone redux" = Diplozone innocens Perner 1907 snail
"Diplozone ? redux" = Diplozone innocens Perner 1907 snail
 Neritoidea - Naticopsidae
Naticopsis sp. M'Coy 1844 snail
Listed as "Subulites" sp. + Naticopsis sp.
Trilobita
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Trilobita indet. Walch 1771 trilobite
 Corynexochida - Styginidae
Platyscutellum sp. Snajdr 1958 trilobite
Metascutellum pustulatum trilobite
subspecies pustulatum
 Phacopida - Phacopidae
Reedops sp. Richter and Richter 1925 trilobite
Reedops cephalotes Hawle and Corda 1847 trilobite
Reedops cf. cephalotes Hawle and Corda 1847 trilobite
 Phacopida - Cheiruridae