West Quarry, Mokra, Czech Rep., collection M2: Early Famennian, Czech Republic
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Archaesphaeridae
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Vicinesphaera sp.
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Anthozoa
- Favositida
- Alveolitidae
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Scoliopora denticulata
(Milne-Edwards and Haime 1851)
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| vassinoensis | ||||||||||
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Stromatoporoidea
- Amphiporida
- Amphiporidae
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Paramphipora tschussovensis
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| indet. | ||||||||||
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Geography
| Country: | Czech Republic | State/province: | Moravia |
| Coordinates: | 49.2° North, 16.8° East (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 18.8° South, 26.6° East | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on political unit | ||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Devonian | Epoch: | Late Devonian |
| Stage: | Famennian | 10 m.y. bin: | Devonian 5 |
| *Period: | Late/Upper Devonian | ||
| *International age/stage: | Early/Lower Famennian | ||
| Key time interval: | Early Famennian | Zone: | Palmatolepis crepida |
| Age range of interval: | 372.2 - 368.5 m.y. ago | ||
| * legacy (obsolete) database fields | |||
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Vilemovice Limestone |
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | lithified packstone |
| Secondary lithology: | wackestone |
| Environment: | reef, buildup or bioherm |
| Geology comments: packstone to wackestone with special Amphipora-crinoid-ammonoid-bivalve assemblage. Also present are some fragments of gastropods and brachiopods. All elements of the fauna are small in dimensions, show well preserved surfaces and are embedded in compact packstone beds. | |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection excludes: | some macrofossils |
| Collection methods: | field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | paleoecologic analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 3390 | ||
| Authorizer: | T. Olszewski | Enterer: | T. Olszewski |
| Modifier: | C. Visaggi | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 1999-07-31 14:04:35 | Last modified: | 2004-03-11 16:25:05 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2000-11-20 13:53:39 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 191. | O. Friakova, A. Galle, J. Hladil and J. Kalvoda. 1985. A lower Famennian fauna from the top of the reefoid limestones of Mokra (Moravia, Czechoslovakia). Newsletters on Stratigraphy 15(1):43-56 [T. Olszewski/T. Olszewski] |