Amerika Quarry, Morina: Gorstian, Czech Republic

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Stromatoporoidea - Stromatoporoidea
Stromatoporoidea indet. Nicholson and Murie 1878
Anthozoa
Anthozoa indet. Ehrenberg 1834
Anthozoa - Favositida - Theciidae
Thecia sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1849
Anthozoa - Favositida - Favositidae
Favosites sp. Lamarck 1816
Palaeofavosites sp. (Twenhofel 1914)
Anthozoa - Favositida - Pachyporidae
Thamnopora sp. Steininger 1831
Anthozoa - Auloporida - Auloporidae
Aulopora sp. Goldfuss 1829
Anthozoa - Heliolitida - Halysitidae
Halysites sp. von Waldheim 1813
Anthozoa - Heliolitida - Proporidae
Propora sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1849
Anthozoa - Heliolitida - Stelliporellidae
Stelliporella sp. Wentzel 1895
Anthozoa - Heliolitida - Heliolitidae
Heliolites sp. Dana 1846
Anthozoa - Stauriida - Calostylidae
Helminthidium sp. Lindström 1882
Anthozoa - Stauriida - Ptenophyllidae
Spongophylloides sp. Meyer 1881
Anthozoa - Stauriida - Entelophyllidae
Entelophyllum sp. Wedekind 1927
Anthozoa - Stauriida - Arachnophyllidae
Arachnophyllum sp. Dana 1846
Naos sp. Lang 1926
Anthozoa - Stauriida - Kodonophyllidae
Kodonophyllum sp. Wedekind 1927
Anthozoa - Cystiphyllida - Cystiphyllidae
Cystiphyllum sp. Lonsdale 1839
Microplasma sp. Dybowski 1873
Anthozoa - Cystiphyllida - Tryplasmatidae
Tryplasma sp. Lonsdale 1845
Craniata - Craniopsida - Craniopsidae
Craniops vulcanus
Craniata - Trimerellida - Trimerellidae
Gasconsia cf. transversa
Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Eopholidostrophiidae
Mesopholidostrophia papyracea
Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Rafinesquinidae
Leptaena odeon Havlicek 1967
Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Amphistrophiidae
Amphistrophiella standinia
Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Strophonellidae
Strophoprion euglypha (Dalman 1828)
Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Leptostrophiidae
Leptostrophiella cuspidata
Strophomenata - Orthotetida - Chilidiopsidae
Morinorhynchus dalmanelliformis Havlicek 1965
Chileata - Dictyonellida - Eichwaldiidae
Dictyonella bohemica
Rhynchonellata - Protorthida - Skenidiidae
Skenidioides moranus
Rhynchonellata - Pentamerida - Subrianidae
Lamelliconchidium sp. Kulkov 1968
Rhynchonellata - Pentamerida - Pentameridae
Kirkidium (Pinguaella) bohemicum
Rhynchonellata - Pentamerida - Clorindidae
Barrandina morina
Rhynchonellata - Atrypida - Punctatrypidae
Atrypinella fuxa
Rhynchonellata - Atrypida - Atrypidae
Atrypa fumosa
Rhynchonellata - Atrypida - Lissatrypidae
Lissatrypa fumida
Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Hebetoechiidae
Hebetoechia sphaerulea
Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Trigonirhynchiidae
Sufetirhyncha radvani
Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Cyrtiidae
Janius bouskai
Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Delthyrididae
Howellella crispina
Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Dalmanellidae
Isorthis (Arcualla) manon
Isorthis (Arcualla) nummiformis
Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Dicoelosiidae
Dicoelosia sp. King 1850
Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Hesperorthidae
Dolerorthis kopaninensis
Rhynchonellata - Athyridida - Meristellidae
Meristina mora
Lingulata - Lingulida - Discinidae
Orbiculoidea sp. d'Orbigny 1847
Gastropoda
Gastropoda indet. Cuvier 1795
Gastropoda - Naticopsidae
Naticopsis sp. M'Coy 1844
Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Lophospiridae
Donaldiella sp. Cossmann 1903
Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Trochonematidae
Trochonema sp. Salter 1859
Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Loxonematidae
Loxonema sp. Phillips 1841
Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Subulitidae
Cyrtospira sp. Ulrich and Scofield 1897
Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Murchisoniidae
Morania sp. Horný 1953
Gastropoda - Euomphalina - Euomphalidae
Euomphalopterus sp. Roemer 1876
Gastropoda - Euomphalina - Platyceratidae
Platyceratidae indet. Hall 1859
Cyclonema sp. Hall 1852
Gastropoda - Euomphalina - Oriostomatidae
Beraunia sp. Knight 1937
Oriostoma sp. Munier-Chalmas 1876
Gastropoda - Bellerophontida
Bellerophon sp. de Montfort 1808
    = Bellerophontoidea indet. M'Coy 1851
Wagner 2023
Gastropoda - Bellerophontida - Bellerophontidae
Kodymites sp. Horný 1962
Gastropoda - Bellerophontida - Bucaniidae
Boiotremus sp. Horný 1962
Cephalopoda
Nautiloidea indet. Agassiz 1847
Cephalopoda - Oncocerida - Oncoceratidae
Oncoceratidae indet. Hyatt 1884
Cephalopoda - Tarphycerida - Ophidioceratidae
Ophioceras sp. Barrande 1865
Cephalopoda - Orthocerida - Kionoceratidae
Kionoceras sp. Hyatt 1884
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Vlastidae
Praeostrea sp. Barrande 1881
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Rhombopteriidae
Rhombopteria sp. Jackson 1890
Bivalvia - Myalinida - Ambonychiidae
Mytilarca sp. Hall and Whitfield 1869
Amphiocoelia sp. Hall 1867
Bivalvia - Cyrtodontida - Cardiolidae
Cardiola sp. Broderip 1839
Bivalvia - Lipanellidae
Goniophorina sp. Isberg 1934
Bivalvia - Modiomorphida - Modiomorphidae
Butovicella sp. Kríž 1965
unclassified
Ollulocrinus sp. Bouska 1956
Crotalocrintes sp.
Coelocalus sp.
Morinatrypa mergli
Trilobita - Phacopida - Encrinuridae
Balizoma transiens
Chlupac 1987
Encrinuraspis storchi
Chlupac 1987
Encrinuraspis beaumonti
Staurocephalus azuela
Chlupac 1987
Trilobita - Phacopida - Cheiruridae
Sphaerexochus paramirus
Chlupac 1987
Trilobita - Phacopida - Phacopidae
Eophacops bulliceps
Chlupac 1987
Trilobita - Proetida - Scharyiidae
Scharyia scharyi
Chlupac 1987
Trilobita - Proetida - Proetidae
Proetus morinensis Pribyl 1946
Chlupac 1987
Trilobita - Corynexochida - Styginidae
Kosovopeltis inopinata
Chlupac 1987
Trilobita - Odontopleurida - Odontopleuridae
Leonaspis sp. Richter and Richter 1917
Leonaspis leonhardi (Barrande 1846)
Ceratocephala verneuili
Chlupac 1987
Trilobita - Lichida - Lichidae
Dicranogmus sp. Hawle and Corda 1847
Crinoidea - Myelodactylida - Myelodactylidae
Myelodactylus sp. Hall 1852
Crinoidea - Pisocrinida - Pisocrinidae
Pisocrinus sp. de Koninck 1858
Crinoidea - Cyathocrinida - Crotalocrinitidae
Syndetocrinus sp. Kirk 1933
Enallocrinus sp. Orbigny 1850
Crinoidea - Cyathocrinida - Cyathocrinitidae
Gissocrinus sp. Angelin 1878
Kriz (1986) gives sp. names for this and other crinoid species
Cyathocrinus sp. Miller 1821
Crinoidea - Botryocrinidae
Botryocrinus sp. Angelin 1878
Crinoidea - Taxocrinida - Taxocrinidae
Protaxocrinus sp. Springer 1906
Crinoidea - Sagenocrinida - Nipterocrinidae
Pycnosaccus sp.
Crinoidea - Monobathrida - Eucalyptocrinitidae
Eucalyptocrinites sp. Goldfuss 1831
given as Eucalyptocrinus
Crinoidea - Monobathrida - Periechocrinidae
Periechocrinus sp. Morris 1843
see common names

Geography
Country:Czech Republic
Coordinates: 50.0° North, 14.2° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:53.1° South, 58.3° East
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:local area
Time
Period: Silurian Epoch: Ludlow
Stage: Gorstian 10 m.y. bin: Silurian 2
Key time interval: Gorstian Graptolite zone:  Lobograptus scanicus
Age range of interval: 427.4 - 425.6 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Kopanina Member:Lower
Stratigraphic resolution:member
Stratigraphy comments: Lower Kopanina.
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:shelly/skeletal "limestone"
Lithology description: "Confined to a light-colored, bioclastic limestone 0.4-3.0 m thick, commonly with a tuffaceous admixture, and with thin laminae of green tuffs and tuffites..." From Chlupac (1987) (ref. 6191): "The [Sphaerexochus-Proetus] assemblage is contained in light biodetrital limestones accompanying biostromal coral-rich layers alternating with variegated tuffaceous layers."
Environment:reef, buildup or bioherm
Geology comments: "This comm. inhabited the top of a submarine elevation built up of volcaniclastic rocks...[It is] interpreted as a biostrome characterized by a prevalence of crinoids [etc.]. The brachiopods are mostly preserved as articulated specimens undamaged and unworn by transport. The abundance of crinoids suggests that this may be a crinoid thicket..."
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:paleoecologic analysis
Collection method comments: Authors give abundance data (very rare, more frequent, frequent) for brachiopods.
Trilobites based in part on Chlupac (1987) (ref. 6191) (his Sphaerexochus-Proetus Assemblage).
Metadata
Also known as:Reef 3167. Coral-Crinoid Community, Kopanina Fm., Prague Basin
Database number:14104
Authorizer:M. Foote, P. Wagner Enterer:M. Foote, P. Wagner
Modifier:P. Wagner Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2002-05-14 13:09:48 Last modified:2018-08-07 20:27:29
Access level:the public Released:2002-05-14 13:09:48
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
6189. V. Havlicek and P. Storch. 1999. Silurian and Lochkovian communities in the Prague basin (Barrandian area, Czech Republic). in A. J. Boucot and J. D. Lawson, eds. Paleocommunities--a case study from the Silurian and Lower Devonian. Cambridge University Press, Cambrdige. 200-228 [M. Foote/M. Foote/M. Foote]

Secondary references:

6191 I. Chlupac. 1987. Ecostratigraphy of Silurian trilobite assemblages of the Barrandian area, Czechoslovakia. Newsletters on Stratigraphy 17(3):169-186 [M. Foote/M. Foote/M. Foote]
9042 P. J. Wagner. 2023. Paleozoic Gastropod, Rostroconch, Helcionelloid and Tergomyan Database (2006 - 2023). [P. Wagner/P. Wagner/P. Wagner]