Preliminary report on the new findings of Mississippian trilobites in the Březina Formation (Moravian Karst, Czech Republic)
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| Year of publication | 2012 |
| Type | Article in Periodical |
| Magazine / Source | Geologické výzkumy na Moravě a ve Slezsku |
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| Field | Geology and mineralogy |
| Keywords | Mississippian trilobite |
| Description | New fossiliferous layers of the Březina Formation were discovered in the valley of the Říčka Brook SSW of the village of Ochoz u Brna in 2011. Four taxa of trilobites were preliminary determined: Archegonus (Phillibole) cf. polleni (Woodward, 1894), Archegonus (Phillibole) cf. cauliquercus Brauckmann 1981, Liobole (Liobole) glabra proxima Chlupáč, 1966 and ?Spinibole sp. Th e newly discovered fossiliferous beds belong to the Viséan (Lower to ?Upper Viséan). The occurrence of limestone pebbles and limestone cobbles in aleuropelitic shales was also recorded. Th e Late Tournaisian foraminifer Darjella monilis Malakhova, 1964 was discovered in a dark grey limestone cobble derived from the Hády-Říčka limestone sequence of the Líšeň Formation |
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