Acanthopyge Limestone, Locality 2 (CZE): Eifelian, Czech Republic

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Septalariidae
Amissopecten obsolescens
Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Tenellodermidae
Cingulodermis columbina
Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Reticulariidae
Quasimartinia lubrica n. sp.
Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Stringocephalidae
Kaplex bohemicus
Rhynchonellata - Atrypida - Septatrypidae
Rhynchatrypa thetis (Barrande 1847)
Rhynchonellata - Atrypida - Glassiidae
Karbous truncatus
Trigonatrypa baucis
Rhynchonellata - Atrypida - Davidsoniidae
Quasidavidsonia mediocarinata
see common names

Geography
Country:Czech Republic
Coordinates: 50.0° North, 17.0° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:28.5° South, 40.4° East
Basis of coordinate:based on political unit
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period: Devonian Epoch: Middle Devonian
Stage: Eifelian 10 m.y. bin: Devonian 3
Key time interval: Eifelian
Age range of interval: 393.3 - 387.7 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Acanthopyge Limestone
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:shelly/skeletal,gray "limestone"
Secondary lithology: lime mudstone
Includes fossils?Y
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: alternation of coarse-grained bioclastic and fine-grained, prevalently micritic limestones; whitish and greyish in color; also the limestone is characterized by the presence of lumps that strongly resemble grapestones
Environment:shallow subtidal indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection excludes:some macrofossils,difficult macrofossils
Collection methods:field collection,survey of museum collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Metadata
Database number:5816
Authorizer:A. Miller Enterer:K. Layou
Modifier:M. Clapham Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:1999-12-07 07:55:42 Last modified:2018-07-12 19:06:13
Access level:the public Released:1999-12-07 07:55:42
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

361. V. Havlicek and Z. Kukal. 1990. Sedimentology, benthic communities, and brachiopods in the Suchomasty (Dalejan) and Acanthopyge (Eifelian) Limestones of the Koneprusy area (Czechoslovakia). Sbornik geologickych ved, Paleontologie 31:105-205 [A. Miller/K. Layou]