Horni Benesov, Nizky Jesenik Mountains, Moravia, CZE: Eifelian - Givetian, Czech Republic

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Anthozoa - Cystiphyllida - Cystiphyllidae
Cystiphylloides duplicatus
Anthozoa - Cystiphyllida - Digonophyllidae
Digonophyllum cf. maximum
Digonophyllum maximum maximum
Digonophyllum ? sp. Wedekind 1923
Anthozoa - Stauriida - Zaphrentidae
Heliophyllum sp. Hall 1846
Anthozoa - Stauriida - Cyathophyllidae
Cyathophyllum dianthus Goldfuss 1826
Anthozoa - Stauriida - Phillipsastreidae
Thamnophyllum moravicum
Thamnophyllum germanicum moravicum
Thamnophyllum sp. Penecke 1894
Anthozoa - Stauriida - Laccophyllidae
Amplexocarinia sp. Soshkina 1928
see common names

Geography
Country:Czech Republic State/province:Moravia County:Jesenik
Coordinates: 50.0° North, 17.0° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:26.7° South, 37.8° East
Basis of coordinate:based on political unit
Geographic resolution:local area
Time
Period:Devonian Epoch:Middle Devonian
10 m.y. bin:Devonian 3
*International age/stage:Early/Lower Givetian - Eifelian
Key time interval:Eifelian - Givetian
Age range of interval:393.30000 - 382.70000 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:shelly/skeletal argillaceous wackestone
Lithology description: biomicritic limestone with clayey admixture which corresponds to the standard microfacies (smf) 8, wackestone with complete organisms, and to facial zone (fz) 2, deeper depressions in the shelf with open water circulation, but beneath the wave action, or particularly fz 7, quiet-water zone of lagoonal environment. (based on studies of hladil, 1984)
Environment:shallow subtidal indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Collection methods and comments
Collection excludes:some macrofossils
Collection methods:core,field collection
Reason for describing collection:biostratigraphic analysis
Metadata
Database number:6014
Authorizer:A. Miller Enterer:K. Layou
Modifier:C. Ferguson Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2000-01-18 14:00:24 Last modified:2004-03-13 22:45:00
Access level:the public Released:2000-11-20 13:53:29
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

385. A. Galle. 1993. Middle Devonian Rugosa from Horni Benesov (Moravia, Czech Republic). Casopis pro mineralogii a geologii (Journal of the Czech Geological Society) 38(1-2):59-70 [A. Miller/K. Layou/M. Uhen]