ammonites
West Quarry, Mokra, Czech Rep., collection M2 (Devonian of Czech Republic)

Where: Moravia, Czech Republic (49.2° N, 16.8° E: paleocoordinates 16.0° S, 23.3° E)

• coordinate based on political unit

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Palmatolepis crepida zone, Vilemovice Limestone Formation, Early/Lower Famennian (376.1 - 370.6 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; lithified packstone and wackestone

• 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.

Primary reference: 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] more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 3390: authorized by Tom Olszewski, entered by Tom Olszewski on 31.07.1999