scholarly journals Facies development, depositional settings and sequence stratigraphy across the Ordovician-Silurian boundary: a new perspective from the Barrandian area of the Czech Republic

2006 ◽  
Vol 41 (5) ◽  
pp. 613-613
Author(s):  
Michal Mergl

AbstractProblematic phosphatic sclerites Eurytholia are reported for the first time from the Middle Devonian. Unequivocal sclerites were observed in limestones of Emsian to late Eifelian age in six localities of the Barrandian area of the Central Bohemia of the Czech Republic. Formerly observed size and shape variations of Eurytholia sclerites prevent formal description of a new species on few specimens of Emsian and Eifelian age. Therefore the new specimens are identified as Eurytholia aff. bohemica. Their presence indicates longer time range of the Eurytholia animal, covering not only the Ordovician, the Silurian and the earliest Devonian as known formerly, but also late Lower Devonian and the Middle Devonian. Similar features in morphology and histology of Eurytholia indicate relationship to a conodont Pseudooneotodus and a support suggestion about the vertebrate origin of Eurytholia sclerites.


2021 ◽  
Vol 77 (1) ◽  
pp. 17-35
Author(s):  
Pavel Bokr ◽  
Radek Mikuláš ◽  
Petr Budil ◽  
Petr Kraft

Upper Ordovician shallow marine fine-grained sandstones and siltstones exposed in the Loděnice – vinice locality yielded a distinct and well-preserved tiering pattern of trace fossils. The two uppermost tiers are composed mainly of Bifungites and Nereites. Deeper in the sediment, tiers dominated by Thalassinoides, Zoophycos and Teichichnus occur. Most of the succession is completely bioturbated; however, several storm layers enabled study of a well-preserved frozen tiering pattern. Large portions of the bedding planes (ichnologic snapshots) showed a considerable patchiness of intensive surface bioturbation and a preferred orientation of Bifungites. The identified tiering pattern is one of the earliest examples of a well-documented complex tiering of burrows documented in detail.


2011 ◽  
Vol 57 (No. 12) ◽  
pp. 565-570 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. Vaněk ◽  
I. Brožová ◽  
P. Šimek ◽  
J. Jarolímek ◽  
T. Vogeltanzová ◽  
...  

  The paper is aimed at presenting the map portal of organic farms in the Czech Republic. The pilot project is concerned with the South Bohemia Region. Extensive map data and resources are displayed by means of a purpose-developed universal software solution called Regional Development Map Portal (RDMP) version 1.0. The database was generated and updated on the basis of detailed content validation and strives for maximum accuracy of map object location. The software solution – apart from supporting all standard functions – represents qualitatively a brand new perspective of map data creation and entails many original elements and functionalities.


Author(s):  
Martin Valent ◽  
Oldřich Fatka ◽  
Ladislav Marek

The rare hyolith Alfaites romeo gen. et sp. nov. is described from the lower half of the middle Cambrian (Drumian) Buchava Formation of the Skryje-Týřovice Basin in the Barrandian area of the Czech Republic. This new taxon is based on excellently preserved external and internal moulds of three opercula and several conchs collected from carbonate nodules and shale. This rare species has been established at three separate outcrops in the lower part of the Biozone of Paradoxides (Eccaparadoxides) pusillus (Barrande 1846). Morphology of conch and both external and internal surface of operculum are well known. However, specific morphology excludes assignment to any predescribed hyolithid family.


2019 ◽  
Vol 75 (1) ◽  
pp. 128-140
Author(s):  
Oldřich Fatka ◽  
Martin Valent

Abstract Hyoliths recorded from the middle Cambrian Jince Formation of the Barrandian area in the Czech Republic are reviewed and listed, based on various published papers printed since 1854. Up to now, only five species of hyolithids and three species of orthothecids have been reported, classified within seven genera. The reported material was collected from more than twenty small occasional outcrops and/or sections measuring up to several tens of meters in thickness, all situated exclusively in the area between the villages Felbabka and Čenkov in the Litavka River Valley. From the Paseky Shale member of the Holšiny-Hořice Formation at the Medalův mlýn locality, the first hyolith classified as “Hyolith genus and species indeterminate” is described. The new study of two specimens described and figured by Barrande in 1867 as Hyolithes primus made it possible to classify them as Jincelites vogeli and Jincelites sp. respectively.


2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nicolas Francos ◽  
Asa Gholizadeh ◽  
Eyal Ben Dor

For decades, the Příbram district in the Czech Republic has been affected by industrial and mining activities. These activities are important sources of heavy metal pollutants that are detrimental to soil quality. A recent study examined visible–near-infrared (VNIR), shortwave-infrared (SWIR) and X-ray fluorescence (XRF) spectroscopy to model soil lead (Pb) content in a selected area located in the Příbram district. Following that study, and using the same chemical and geographical data, we examined the spatial distribution of Pb content in the soil, with a combination of different traditional spatial analyses (Moran’s I, hotspot analysis, and Kriging) that were significantly validated. One of the novel points of this work is the use of the Getis–Ord hotspot analysis before the execution of a Kriging interpolation model to better emphasize clustering patterns. The results indicated that Pb was a spatially dependent soil property and through extensive in situ sampling, it was possible to generate a very accurate Kriging interpolation model. The high-Pb hotspots coincided with topographic obstacles that were modeled using topographic profiles extracted from the open-source Google Earth platform, indicating that Pb content does not always exhibit a direct relationship with topographic height as a result of runoff, due to the contribution of topographic steps. This observation provides a new perspective on the relationship between Pb content and topographic patterns.


2017 ◽  
Vol 91 (4) ◽  
pp. 672-684 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elise Nardin ◽  
Bertrand Lefebvre ◽  
Oldřich Fatka ◽  
Martina Nohejlová ◽  
Libor Kašička ◽  
...  

AbstractThe primitive blastozoanFelbabkacystis luckaen. gen. n. sp. is described from the Drumian Jince Formation, Barrandian area (Czech Republic) from eleven fairly well-preserved specimens. Its unique body plan organization is composed of a relatively long, stalk-like imbricate structure directly connected to the aboral imbricate cup of the test and of an adoral vaulted tessellate test supporting the ambulacral and brachiolar systems. Its bipartite test, called prototheca, highlights the evolution of the body wall among blastozoans.Felbabkacystisn. gen. shows the combination of plesiomorphic (imbricate stalk-like appendage) and derived features (highly domed peristome, elongate epispires). The new genus is interpreted as a transitional form between calyx-bearing and theca-bearing blastozoans, and is attributed to the new family Felbabkacystidae. The lithology, the associated fauna, and the possession of a long stalk suggest thatFelbabkacystiswas probably a low-level suspension feeder living in relatively deep settings.


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