Loc. 6.1, Branik Section (764), Motol (Silurian of Czech Republic)
Where: Czech Republic (50.0° N, 14.4° E: paleocoordinates 51.6° S, 57.4° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Motol Formation, Homerian (426.2 - 422.9 Ma)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; concretionary, volcaniclastic, gray, calcareous shale and gray lime mudstone
• "The upper Wenlock succesion...starts at an intrusive sill of quartz doleritic basalt, overlain by dark grey, contact-metamorphosed calcareous shales (1). Then follows a large lens of dark grey micritic limestone (2) with remains of Prototaxites, overlain by ... dark grey to dark calcareous shales (3) with [fossils]...Then follow...dark grey calcareous shales with common thin lenses of grey bioclastic limestones and relatively rare small concretions of dark grey micritic limestone (4)...[then more basalt and]..grey to grey brown tuffitic shales with thin calcite veins and rare concretions of dark grey micritic limestone (6)...[then] a sequence of grey brown calcareous tuffitic shales with scattered larger concretions of dark grey micritic limestone (8) [some similar bed descriptions follow] "
Primary reference: J. Kříž. 1992. Silurian field excursions: Prague Basin (Barrandian), Bohemia. National Museum of Wales, Geological Series 13:1-111 [M. Foote/M. Foote/P. Wagner] more details
Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis
PaleoDB collection 14077: authorized by Michael Foote, entered by Michael Foote on 13.05.2002