Suchomasty Limestone of the Zlichovian, Barrandia (CZE): Zlichovian - Eifelian, Czech Republic

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Conodonta - Prioniodontida - Icriodontidae
Icriodus beckmanni
Icriodus beckmanni sinuatus
Tentaculita - Nowakiida - Nowakiidae
Nowakia elegans
Cephalopoda - Bactritida - Bactritidae
Pseudobactrites bicarinatus
see common names

Geography
Country:Czech Republic State/province:Barrandia
Coordinates: 49.5° North, 14.3° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:33.9° South, 45.1° East
Time
Period:Devonian
*Period:Early/Lower Devonian - Middle Devonian
*International age/stage:Early/Lower Eifelian (minimum) *Local age/stage:Zlichovian
Key time interval:Zlichovian - Eifelian
Age range of interval:407.60000 - 387.70000 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:gray,red wackestone
Secondary lithology: grainstone
Lithology description: "predominantly well-bedded red and grey biosparites and biomicrites with abrupt changes of grain size, locally common fenestral ("stromatactis") structures."
Environment:shallow subtidal indet.
Geology comments: "shallow subtidal rather high energy environment, Benthic Assemblage 3 of Boucot."
Taphonomy
Collection methods and comments
Collection excludes:some macrofossils,difficult macrofossils
Reason for describing collection:biostratigraphic analysis
Collection method comments: This collection is only for the taxa listed for the Suchomasty Limestone of Zlichovian age. Collection #12183 lists the taxa for the Suchomasty Limestone of Dalejan age, and collection #12185 lists the taxa for the Suchomasty Limestone of Eifelian 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:12184
Authorizer:A. Miller Enterer:J. Sessa
Modifier:C. Ferguson Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2001-10-11 14:02:42 Last modified:2004-07-07 20:27:24
Access level:the public Released:2001-10-11 14:02:42
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]