Koneprusy Limestone of the Pragian (CZE) (Devonian of Czech Republic)

Also known as Reef 2189

Where: Prague, Czech Republic (49.5° N, 14.3° E: paleocoordinates 41.3° S, 50.4° E)

When: Koneprusy Limestone Member, Pragian (410.8 - 407.6 Ma)

• "In the vicinity of Koneprusy, these limestones constitute a typical reef complex with biolithic reef-core limestones and coarsely detrital reef flank deposits"

Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; gray limestone

• "Near Koneprusy; massive white to light-grey predominently sparitic bioclastic limestones...Outside reef complex, the Koneprusy Limestone is light-grey to white sparitic crinoidal limestone, substantially less fossiliferous"

Primary reference: I. Chlupáč. 1982. The Bohemian Lower Devonian Stages. Courier Forschungsinstitut Senckenberg 55:345-400 [A. Miller/J. Sessa/P. Wagner]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 12071: authorized by Arnold Miller, entered by Jocelyn Sessa on 07.10.2001

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Taxonomic list

• 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 or common in the text.
unclassified
  -
Anthozoa
 Rugosa -
Pseudoamplexus indet. Smyshlyaeva 1948 horn coral
 Stauriida - Endophyllidae
Iowaphyllum indet. Stumm 1949 horn coral
 Stauriida - Kodonophyllidae
Chlamydophyllum indet. Pocta 1902 horn coral
 Stauriida - Ptenophyllidae
Acanthophyllum indet. Dybowski 1873 horn coral
Lyrielasma indet. Hill 1939 horn coral
Trilobita
 Proetida - Proetidae
Eodrevermannia sirax, "Gerastos (Bohemiproetus) gagis" = Coniproetus gagis, "Gerastos (Bohemiproetus) expectatus" = Coniproetus exspectatus, "Coniproetus (Coniproetus) novaki" = Coniproetus novaki, "Gerastos (Bohemiproetus) bohemicus" = Bohemiproetus bohemicus, "Gerastos (Longiproetus) glandiferus" = Longiproetus glandiferus, "Gerastos (Longiproetus) confusus" = Longiproetus confusus, "Gerastos (Longiproetus) confusus" = Longiproetus confusus, "Gerastos (Longiproetus) confusus" = Longiproetus confusus, Proetina latimargo, "Hamiroproetus casteri" = Proetina (Hamiroproetus) casteri, Hamiroproetus hamiro, Simaproetus simax, "Gerastos (Gerastos) retroflexus" = Gerastos retroflexus, "Gerastos (Gerastos) lysyi" = Gerastos lisyi, "Gerastos (Gerastos) kermur" = Gerastos kermur, Gerastos (Gerastos) cingulatus, Gerastos (Gerastos) microphthalmoides, "Coniproetus (Coniproetus) ginsen" = Devonoproetus ginsen, Voigtaspis veleslavini
Eodrevermannia sirax Šnajdr 1980 trilobite
"Gerastos (Bohemiproetus) gagis" = Coniproetus gagis Šnajdr 1980 trilobite
"Gerastos (Bohemiproetus) expectatus" = Coniproetus exspectatus Přibyl 1964 trilobite
"Coniproetus (Coniproetus) novaki" = Coniproetus novaki Pribyl 1964 trilobite
Coniproetus (Coniproetus) novaki novaki
"Gerastos (Bohemiproetus) bohemicus" = Bohemiproetus bohemicus Hawle and Corda 1847 trilobite
"Gerastos (Longiproetus) glandiferus" = Longiproetus glandiferus Novák 1890 trilobite
Gerastos (Longiproetus) glandiferus glandiferus
"Gerastos (Longiproetus) confusus" = Longiproetus confusus Hawle and Corda 1847 trilobite
Gerastos (Longiproetus) confusus confusus
"Gerastos (Longiproetus) confusus" = Longiproetus confusus Hawle and Corda 1847 trilobite
Gerastos (Longiproetus) confusus fuconsus
"Gerastos (Longiproetus) confusus" = Longiproetus confusus Hawle and Corda 1847 trilobite
Gerastos (Longiproetus) confusus gigas
Proetina latimargo Přibyl 1946 trilobite
"Hamiroproetus casteri" = Proetina (Hamiroproetus) casteri Přibyl 1965 trilobite
Hamiroproetus hamiro Šnajdr 1977 trilobite
Simaproetus simax Šnajdr 1980 trilobite
"Gerastos (Gerastos) retroflexus" = Gerastos retroflexus Barrande 1852 trilobite
Gerastos (Gerastos) rettroflexus rettroflexus
"Gerastos (Gerastos) lysyi" = Gerastos lisyi Přibyl 1964 trilobite
"Gerastos (Gerastos) kermur" = Gerastos kermur Šnajdr 1980 trilobite
Gerastos (Gerastos) cingulatus Přibyl 1964 trilobite
"Coniproetus (Coniproetus) ginsen" = Devonoproetus ginsen Šnajdr 1980 trilobite
Voigtaspis veleslavini Přibyl 1969 trilobite
 Proetida - Tropidocoryphidae
Denemarkia frontalis Hawle and Corda 1847 trilobite
Denemarkia frontalis frontalis
Astycoryphe gracilis Barrande 1846 trilobite
"Tropicoryphe sp." = Tropidocoryphe Novak 1890 trilobite
Miriproetus mirificus trilobite
Miriproetus mirificus pirificus
Pribylia inaequicostata Barrande 1846 trilobite
 Proetida - Scharyiidae
Scharyia sola Šnajdr 1976 trilobite
 Proetida - Otarionidae
"Otarion (Cyphaspis) barrandei" = Cyphaspis barrandei, "Otarion (Cyphaspis) hydrocephalum" = Cyphaspis hydrocephala
"Otarion (Cyphaspis) barrandei" = Cyphaspis barrandei Hawle and Corda 1847 trilobite
Otarion (Cyphaspis) hydrocephalum barrandei
"Otarion (Cyphaspis) hydrocephalum" = Cyphaspis hydrocephala Roemer 1843 trilobite
Otarion (Cyphaspis) hydrocephalum cornigerum
 Phacopida - Cheiruridae
"Cheirurus (Pilletopeltis) cordai" = Crotalocephalus
"Cheirurus (Pilletopeltis) cordai" = Crotalocephalus trilobite
 Phacopida - Calymenidae
Gravicalymene affinis Hawle and Corda 1847 trilobite
 Phacopida - Phacopidae
"Phacops (? Phacops) veles" = Kainops veles, Reedops intermedius
"Phacops (? Phacops) veles" = Kainops veles Chlupác 1972 trilobite
Reedops intermedius Barrande 1846 trilobite
 Lichida - Lichidae
Acanthopyge parva trilobite
Acanthopyge parva parva
 Corynexochida - Styginidae
 Odontopleurida - Odontopleuridae
 Harpetida - Harpetidae
"Lioharpes (Lioharpes) venulosus" = Lioharpes venulosus
"Lioharpes (Lioharpes) venulosus" = Lioharpes venulosus Whittington 1950 trilobite
Deuteropoda
  -
Ostracoda indet. Latreille 1802 ostracod
Malacostraca
 Phyllocarida -
Cephalopoda
  -
Cephalopoda indet. Cuvier 1797
Bivalvia
  -
Bivalvia indet. Linnaeus 1758 clam
Gastropoda
  -
Gastropoda indet. Cuvier 1795 snail
Tentaculita
 Nowakiida - Nowakiidae
Bryozoa
  -
Bryozoa indet. Ehrenberg 1831
Rhynchonellata
 Terebratulida - Cryptonellidae
 Atrypida - Carinatinidae
 Pentamerida - Gypidulidae
"Procerulina procerula" = Ivdelinia, Sieberella sieberi
"Procerulina procerula" = Ivdelinia
 Athyridida - Rhynchospirinidae
 Rhynchonellida - Machaerariidae
"Sicorhyncha amalthea" = Cherubicornea amalthea Barrande 1847
Sicorhyncha trinacria
Sicorhyncha trinacria tenuirostris
 Rhynchonellida - Phoenicitoechiidae
Kotysex furcicosta n. gen. n. sp.
2 shells: holotype figured in plate I, fig 2
Phoenicitoechia phoenicula n. sp.
11 shells
Phoenicitoechia phoenix Barrande 1847
 Rhynchonellida - Hebetoechiidae
 Rhynchonellida - Uncinulidae
Uncinulus maledictus
Uncinulus maledictus altifrons
 Rhynchonellida - Glossinotoechiidae
 Rhynchonellida - Rozmanariidae
Rackirhynchia lacerata n. gen.
34 shells
 Rhynchonellida - Septalariidae
 Rhynchonellida - Leiorhynchidae
 Spiriferida - Cyrtiidae
 Spiriferida - Elythynidae
 Spiriferida - Hysterolitidae
 Spiriferida - Delthyrididae
 Spiriferida - Xenomartiniidae
 Spiriferida - Reticulariidae
"Candispirifer candidus" = Quasimartinia, Eoreticularia indifferens
"Candispirifer candidus" = Quasimartinia
 Spiriferida -
 Orthida - Dalmanellidae
 Orthida - Dicoelosiidae
Dicoelosia sp. King 1850
[entered as Dicaelosia sp.]
 Orthida - Rhipidomellidae
 Orthida - Schizophoriidae
 Orthida - Draboviidae
 Orthida - Hesperorthidae
Ptychopleurella sp. Schuchert and Cooper 1931
Strophomenata
 Orthotetida - Areostrophiidae
 Orthotetida - Chilidiopsidae
"Iridostrophia eodevonica" = Iridistrophia
"Iridostrophia eodevonica" = Iridistrophia
[entered as Iridistrophia eodevonica]
 Strophomenida -
 Strophomenida - Anopliidae
 Strophomenida - Strophochonetidae
 Strophomenida - Chonetidae
 Strophomenida - Strophodontidae
 Strophomenida - Rafinesquinidae
 Strophomenida - Leptostrophiidae
Velostrophia insolita, "Protoleptostrophia mollis" = Protoleptostrophia, "Tastaria lenis" = Protoleptostrophia, Tubulostrophia fugax, "Rhytistrophia sowerbyi" = Leptostrophia (Rhytistrophia)
"Protoleptostrophia mollis" = Protoleptostrophia
"Tastaria lenis" = Protoleptostrophia
"Rhytistrophia sowerbyi" = Leptostrophia (Rhytistrophia)
 Strophomenida - Strophonellidae
Strophonella bohemica Barrande 1848
 Strophomenida - Douvillinidae
Crinoidea
  -
Crinoidea indet. Miller 1821 Sea lily
 Cyathocrinida - Crotalocrinitidae
Crotalocrinitidae indet. Bassler 1938 Sea lily