Moravian Karst, Josefov Limestone (Devonian of Czech Republic)

Where: Czech Republic (49.3° N, 16.7° E: paleocoordinates 26.2° S, 36.3° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Josefov Member (Lazanky Formation), Early/Lower Givetian (388.1 - 383.7 Ma)

• Lower Givetian, base of Lazanky Formation

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lagoonal or restricted shallow subtidal; lithified limestone

• dark-grey to blackish-grey thick-bedded limestones with lumachelles of brachiopods (Bornhardtina onychophora)

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: peel or thin section,

Primary reference: V. Zukalova. 1971. Stromatoporoidea from the Middle and Upper Devonian of the Moravian Karst. Rozpravy Ustrednihu Ustavu Geologickeho 37:1-144 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 83234: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 12.08.2008

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Taxonomic list

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Stromatoporoidea
 Actinostromatida - Actinostromatidae
Actinostroma hebbornense, Actinostroma clathratum, Actinostroma cf. bifarium
Actinostroma hebbornense stromatoporoid sponge
Actinostroma clathratum stromatoporoid sponge
Actinostroma cf. bifarium stromatoporoid sponge
 Syringostromatida - Stachyoditidae
Stachyodes (Stachyodes) cf. gracilis, Stachyodes (Stachyodes) verticillata
Stachyodes (Stachyodes) cf. gracilis stromatoporoid sponge
subsp. kuznetskensis
 Syringostromatida - Syringostromatidae
Syringostroma capitatum
Syringostroma capitatum stromatoporoid sponge
 Stromatoporellida - Trupetostromatidae
Hermatostroma pustulosum
Hermatostroma pustulosum stromatoporoid sponge
 Amphiporida - Amphiporidae
Amphipora angusta, Amphipora ramosa
Amphipora angusta stromatoporoid sponge
Amphipora ramosa Phillips 1841 stromatoporoid sponge
 Clathrodictyida - Tienodictyidae
Pseudoactinodictyon zonatum n. sp.
Pseudoactinodictyon zonatum n. sp. Zukalova 1971 stromatoporoid sponge
 Labechiida - Labechiidae
? Labechia cf. crassa
? Labechia cf. crassa stromatoporoid sponge