Temporary outcrop just northwest of Běchovice: Hirnantian, Czech Republic

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Rhynchonellata - Athyridida - Meristellidae
Cryptothyrella sp. Cooper 1942
4 specimens
    = Hindella crassa Sowerby 1839
Rong and Li 1999
Hindella crassa incipiens
Rhynchonellata - Atrypida - Anazygidae
Zygospira fallax n. sp. Marek and Havlíček 1967
14 specimens
Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Draboviidae
Hirnantia kielanae Temple 1965
synonym of Kinnella medlicotti
Hirnantia sagittifera (McCoy 1851)
Drabovia agnata n. sp. Marek and Havlíček 1967
12 specimens
synonym of Hirnantia sagittifera
Draborthis caelebs n. gen., n. sp. Marek and Havlíček 1967
Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Dalmanellidae
Onniella rava n. sp. Marek and Havlíček 1967
Dalmanella testudinaria (Dalman 1828)
300 specimens
original and current combination Orthis testudinaria
Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Giraldiellidae
Comatopoma sororia n. sp. Marek and Havlíček 1967
3 specimens
Giraldiella subsilurica n. sp. Marek and Havlíček 1967
4 specimens
Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Trigonirhynchiidae
Plectothyrella platystrophoides Temple 1965
synonym of Atrypa crassicostis
Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Aegiromenidae
Aegiromena ultima n. sp. Marek and Havlíček 1967
synonym of Aegiromena (Aegiromenella) planissima
Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Glyptomenidae
Bracteoleptaena polonica (Temple 1965)
20 specimens
synonym of Paromalomena macmahoni
Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Leptostrophiidae
Eostropheodonta hirnantensis (M'Coy 1851)
Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Rafinesquinidae
Rafinesquina ultrix n. sp. Marek and Havlíček 1967
14 specimens
Leptaenopoma trifidum n. gen., n. sp. Marek and Havlíček 1967
recombined as Leptaena (Leptaena) trifidum
Leptaena rugosa Dalman 1828
Strophomenata - Orthotetida - Triplesiidae
Cliftonia oxoplecioides Wright 1963
Tergomya - Cyrtonellida - Cyrtolitidae
Sinuitopsis hornyi n. sp. Marek 1963
Marek 1963 6 specimens
Bivalvia - Myalinida - Ambonychiidae
Mytilarca mareki n. sp. Kříž and Steinová 2009
Kříž and Steinová 2009 10 specimens
= 1982 Cyrtodonta sp. – Štorch, p. 231, pl. 2, fig. 9.
Bivalvia - Actinodontida - Cycloconchidae
Myoplusia obtusa (Barrande 1881)
Kříž and Steinová 2009 5 specimens
recombined as Pseudocyrtodonta obtusa
Bivalvia - Pholadomyida
? Sphenolium cf. parallelum
Kříž and Steinová 2009 2 specimens
Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Malletiidae
Metapalaeoneilo dromon n. sp. Kříž and Steinová 2009
Kříž and Steinová 2009 3 specimens
Sluha kosoviensis (Barrande 1881)
Kříž and Steinová 2009 16 specimens
Myoplusia sp. Neumayr 1884
Kříž and Steinová 2009 3 specimens
Myoplusia contrastans (Barrande 1881)
Kříž and Steinová 2009 2 specimens
Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Cucullellidae
Nuculites aff. planulatus Conrad 1841
Kříž and Steinová 2009 6 specimens
Bivalvia - Nuculida - Cardiolariidae
Praeleda compar (Barrande 1881)
Kříž and Steinová 2009 3 specimens
Bivalvia - Nuculida - Praenuculidae
Praenucula dispar (Barrande 1881)
Kříž and Steinová 2009 5 specimens
Praenucula abrupta n. sp. Kříž and Steinová 2009
Kříž and Steinová 2009 4 specimens
Paragastropoda - Mimospirida - Onychochilidae
Laeogyra gracilis (Koken 1897)
Marek 1963
Gastropoda - Bellerophontida - Sinuitidae
Temnodiscus evolvens (Perner 1903)
Marek 1963 1 specimen
recombined as Cyrtodiscus evolvens
Gastropoda - Bellerophontida - Bucanellidae
Bucanellinae indet. (Koken and Perner 1925)
Marek 1963 1 specimen
spelled with current rank as Bucanellidae
Gastropoda - Bellerophontida - Bucaniidae
Grandostoma taconicum n. sp. Marek 1963
Marek 1963 13 specimens
Gastropoda - Bellerophontida - Plectonotidae
Bucanella bohemica (Perner 1903)
Marek 1963 4 specimens
recombined as Tritonophon bohemica
Malacostraca - Archaeostraca - Ceratiocarididae
Ceratiocaris sp. M'Coy 1849
Trilobita - Phacopida - Dalmanitidae
Modiolopsis aff. draboviensis Barrande 1881
43 specimens
    = Dalmanitina mucronata Brongniart 1822
Kříž and Steinová 2009
recombined as Mucronaspis (Songxites) mucronatus
see common names

Geography
Country:Czech Republic State/province:Praha
Coordinates: 50.1° North, 14.6° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:60.5° South, 71.2° East
Geographic resolution:basin
Time
Period:Ordovician Epoch:Late/Upper Ordovician
Stage:Hirnantian 10 m.y. bin:Ordovician 5
Key time interval:Hirnantian Graptolite zone: Amplexograptus bohemicus
Age range of interval:445.20000 - 443.80000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Kosov
Regional section:Formation Regional bed:Unit 7
Regional order:bottom to top
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:gray,green lithified silty "shale"
Lithology description: grayish green shales with pelocarbonate concretions
Environment:transition zone/lower shoreface
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body,cast
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection excludes:some macrofossils
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Taxonomic list comments:Brachiopods and bellerophonts on separate lists.
Metadata
Also known as:Research Institute of Solid Gas and Fuel excavation; buried by 1967.
Database number:149320
Authorizer:P. Wagner Enterer:P. Wagner
Modifier:P. Wagner Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2013-08-01 04:04:21 Last modified:2018-04-14 11:04:15
Access level:the public Released:2013-08-01 04:04:21
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

47779. L. Marek and V. Havlíček. 1967. The articulate brachiopods of the Kosov Formation (upper Ashgillian). Vestník Ústredního ústavu geologického 42(4):275-284 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner/M. Uhen]

Secondary references:

47783 J. Kříž and M. Steinová. 2009. Uppermost Ordovician bivalves from the Prague Basin (Hirnantian, Perunica, Bohemia). Bulletin of Geosciences 84(3):409-436 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner/P. Wagner]
16166 L. Marek. 1963. Bellerophontid gastropods in the Kosov Beds (Ordovician) of Bohemia. Vestník Ústredniho Ústavu Geologického, Riho 38:277-280 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner]
49361 J.-Y. Rong and R.-Y. Li. 1999. A silicified Hirnantia Fauna (latest Ordovician brachiopods) from Guizhou, Southwest China. Journal of Paleontology 73(5):831-849 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner]