Daleje Shale of Dalejan age, Barrandian (CZE): Late/Upper Emsian, Czech Republic

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
Pterochaenida indet.
Hyolithellida indet.
Amenophyllites amoenus
Novellites novellus
Pterobranchia - Dendroidea - Acanthograptidae
Dictyonema pragense
Dictyonema goepperti
Dictyonema sp. Hall 1851
Pterobranchia - Dendroidea - Dendrograptidae
Desmograptus sp.
Dendrograptus sp. Hall 1858
Conodonta - Prioniodontida - Icriodontidae
Icriodus beckmanni
Icriodus beckmanni beckmanni
Conodonta - Ozarkodinida - Polygnathidae
Polygnathus laticostatus
Tentaculita - Nowakiida - Striatostyliolinidae
Costulatostyliolina roemeri
Metastyliolina striatissima
Striatostyliolina striatula
Tentaculita - Nowakiida - Nowakiidae
Nowakia cancellata
Viriatellina gracilistriata
Viriatellina sp. Boucek 1964
Tentaculita - Styliolinida - Styliolinidae
Styliolina minuta
Styliolina fissurella (Hall 1879)
Tentaculita - Homoctenida - Homoctenidae
Homoctenus hanusi
Lingulata - Lingulida - Discinidae
Orbiculoides tarda
original and current combination Orbiculoidea
Strophomenata - Strophomenida
Strophochonetes dalejensis
Hemichonetes foliaceus
synonym of Chlupacina
Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Sowerbyellidae
Dalejodiscus subcomitans
spelled with current rank as Plectodonta (Dalejodiscus)
Dalejodiscus comitans
spelled with current rank as Plectodonta (Dalejodiscus)
Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Leptostrophiidae
Chynistrophia quadrata
Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Rafinesquinidae
Rugoleptaena zinkeni
Elliptostrophia elliptica
synonym of Rugoleptaena
Rhynchonellata - Pentamerida - Clorindidae
Clorinda mesodevonica
Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida
Paraplicanoplia postrema
Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Tenellodermidae
Cingulodermis superstes
Rhynchonellata - Athyridida - Meristidae
Merista sulcata
Rhynchonellata - Atrypida - Davidsoniidae
Prodavidsonia dalejensis
Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Rhipidomellidae
Dalejina hanusi Havlicek 1953
Cephalopoda - Agoniatitida - Mimoceratidae
Gyroceratites laevis (Eichenberg 1931)
Gyroceratites gracilis Bronn 1835
Cephalopoda - Agoniatitida - Mimosphinctidae
Teicherticeras discordans (Erben 1965)
recombined as Mimosphinctes discordans
Cephalopoda - Agoniatitida - Mimagoniatitidae
Mimagoniatites fecundus (Barrande 1865)
Cephalopoda - Goniatitida
Goniatitida indet. Hyatt 1884
Cephalopoda
Nautiloidea indet. Agassiz 1847
Cephalopoda - Bactritida - Bactritidae
Pseudobactrites bicarinatus
Gastropoda
Gastropoda indet. Cuvier 1795
Bivalvia - Pterioida
Pterioida indet. Newell 1965
Trilobita - Corynexochida - Styginidae
Thysanopeltella clementina
? category
Scabriscutellum holynense
Trilobita - Proetida - Proetidae
Cyrtosymboloides superstes (Barrande 1852)
Macroblepharum perstes Šnajdr 1980
Trilobita - Proetida - Otarionidae
Otarionella coronata
synonym of Otarion
Trilobita - Phacopida - Phacopidae
Phacops (Phacops) superstes
Phacops (Phacops) superstes superstes
Trilobita - Phacopida - Dalmanitidae
Odontochile ? sp. Hawle and Corda 1847
Trilobita - Phacopida - Cheiruridae
Cheirurus (Pilletopeltis) sternbergi
Cheirurus (Pilletopeltis) sternbergi sternbergi
Trilobita - Odontopleurida - Odontopleuridae
Leonaspis derelicta (Barrande 1846)
recombined as Kettneraspis derelicta
Anthozoa - Rugosa
Rugosa indet. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1850
see common names

Geography
Country:Czech Republic
Coordinates: 50.0° North, 14.4° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:32.8° South, 44.0° East
Time
Period:Devonian Epoch:Early/Lower Devonian
Stage:Emsian 10 m.y. bin:Devonian 2
*Period:Early/Lower Devonian *Local age/stage:Zlichovian - Daleje
Key time interval:Late/Upper Emsian
Age range of interval:398.30000 - 393.30000 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Member:Daleje Shale
Stratigraphy comments: the lowermost part of the Daleje Shale corresponds to the Nowakia elegans zone and is thus topmost Zlichovian in age, while the succeeding beds are Dalejan in age.
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:bioturbation,concretionary,gray,green,red calcareous mudstone
Secondary lithology:gray lime mudstone
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: "Grey, green, red Chondrites-bearing calcareous mudstones with concretions of grey micritc limestones. A rhymic alternation of darker (grey-green) and lighter (olive-green) shales commonly occurs; the proportion of limestone concretions and intercalations increases upwards (a transition into the Trebotov Limestones)."
Environment:deep subtidal indet.
Geology comments: "low-energy quiet conditions in the deeper subtidal zone, most likely Benthic Assemblage 4 to 5 of Boucot."
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection excludes:some macrofossils
Reason for describing collection:biostratigraphic analysis
Collection method comments: This collection gives the taxa listed for the Dalejan Shale of Dalejan age. The collection #12147 gives the taxa listed for the Dalejan Shale of Zlichovian age.
Taxonomic list comments:Table 2 records Graptolites as present, Table 3 records Conodonts as present, Table 4 Ammonoids, Table 5 Tentaculita, Table 6 Trilobites, Table 7 records selected Brachiopods. Other taxa are listed as present in the text.
Metadata
Database number:12144
Authorizer:A. Miller Enterer:J. Sessa
Modifier:M. Clapham Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2001-10-10 10:05:03 Last modified:2015-08-14 23:46:02
Access level:the public Released:2001-10-10 10:05:03
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

4216. I. Chlupáč. 1982. The Bohemian Lower Devonian Stages. Courier Forschungsinstitut Senckenberg 55:345-400 [A. Miller/J. Sessa/P. Wagner]